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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 No. 649
1. This Order may be cited as the Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after that on which it is made.
2. In this Order—
“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972(1);
“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(2);
“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000(3);
“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;
“2019 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2019(4);
“the District Councils” means West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council;
“Somerset West and Taunton” means the local government area of Somerset West and Taunton constituted by article 3.
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