PART 2 ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE TIER LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NORTHUMBERLAND

3 Single tier local government in Northumberland
1 On and after 1st April 2009 the Northumberland council shall be the sole principal council for Northumberland.
2 For the purposes of enactments relating to local government, a new district shall be constituted, whose area shall be co-terminous with that of Northumberland; and the name of that new district shall be Northumberland.

4 Abolition of districts and winding up and dissolution of district councils
On 1st April 2009—
(a) the following local government areas shall be abolished—
(i) the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
(ii) the borough of Blyth Valley,
(iii) the borough of Castle Morpeth,
(iv) the district of Alnwick,
(v) the district of Tynedale, and
(vi) the district of Wansbeck; and
(b) the following councils shall be wound up and dissolved—
(i) Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council,
(ii) Blyth Valley Borough Council,
(iii) Castle Morpeth Borough Council,
(iv) Alnwick District Council,
(v) Tynedale District Council, and
(vi) Wansbeck District Council.

5 Cessation of term of office of district councillors
Every person who holds office as a councillor of one of the district councils immediately before 1st April 2009 shall cease to hold office on that date.