Introduction
1.The Local Government (Boundaries) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 1253 (N.I.8)) (“the Order”) was made on 9 May 2006.
2.This Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared by the Department of the Environment (“the Department”) to assist the reader in understanding the Order. It does not form part of the Order.
3.The Order replaces the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and substitutes a new section 50 of and Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act (NI) 1972.