1. This order may be cited as the English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1973.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order—
“non-metropolitan district” means
“reference number” in relation to any non-metropolitan district in a non-metropolitan county named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order means
and in these definitions “the order of 1972” means
3. In the non-metropolitan counties named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order each non-metropolitan district identified by its reference number in column (2) shall bear the name specified in respect of the district in column (3).
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State, 26th March 1973.
C. J. Pearce
An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment