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Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 3198 (C.73)

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1995

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 3198 (C.73)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1995

Made7th December 1995

    The Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 63(5) and 66(3) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994[1], hereby makes the following Order:—
    Citation
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1995.
    Interpretation
        2.    In this Order "the 1994 Act" means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.
    Commencement of certain provisions of Part I of the 1994 Act
        3.    The provisions of Part I of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1994 Act which are specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
    Commencement of certain provisions of Part II of the 1994 Act
        4.    The provisions of Part II of, and Schedules 4 and 5 to, the 1994 Act which are specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
    Commencement of certain provisions of Part VI of the 1994 Act
        5.    The provisions of Part VI of the 1994 Act which are specified in Schedule 3 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
    Commencement of certain provisions of Part VII of the 1994 Act
        6.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2) the provisions of Part VII of, and Schedules 16 and 18 to, the 1994 Act which are specified in Schedule 4 to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

        (2)  Until 1st April 1996 the meaning of "local authority" in paragraph 5A(4) of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978[2] shall, in relation to Wales, be interpreted as including the district and county councils created as a result of the Local Government Act 1972[3], as originally enacted.

        (3)  The provisions of Part VII of, and Schedule 17 to, the 1994 Act which are specified in Schedule 5 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996.


Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Gwilym Jones

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

7th December 1995





Notes:

[1] 1994 c. 19.

[2] 1978 c. 10; paragraph 5A was inserted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56), section 7 and Schedule 3, paragraph 5(6).

[3] 1972 c. 70.

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