The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1976

Statutory Instruments

1976 No. 767

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1976

Made

19th May 1976

Coming into Operation

21st June 1976

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of May 1976

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 247 of the Local Government Act 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 21st June 1976.

2.  The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

3.  Subject to Article 4 of this Order, there is hereby authorised the bearing and use by a local authority specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order of the armorial bearings lawfully borne and used before 1st April 1974 by the local authority specified in the second column of that Schedule in respect of the first-mentioned authority.

4.  Any armorial bearings the bearing and use of which is authorised by Article 3 of this Order shall be first exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise such authority shall be void and of no effect.

N. E. Leigh

SCHEDULE

Local authority established by or under the Local Government Act 1972	Local authority ceasing to exist by virtue of section 1 or 20 of the Local Government Act 1972
The County Council of Cheshire	The county council of Chester
The County Council of Gloucestershire	The county council of Gloucestershire
The County Council of Wiltshire	The county council of Wiltshire
The Borough Council of Afan	The corporation of the borough of Port Talbot
The District Council of Brentwood	The urban district council of Brentwood
The Borough Council of Cheltenham	The corporation of the borough of Cheltenham
The Borough Council of Christchurch	The Corporation of the borough of Christchurch
The Borough Council of Great Yarmouth	The corporation of the borough of Great Yarmouth
The Borough Council of Hove	The corporation of the borough of Hove
The District Council of Lichfield	The rural district council of Lichfield
The Borough Council of Merthyr Tydfil	The corporation of the borough of Merthyr Tydfil
The Borough Council of Weymouth and Portland	The corporation of the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
The District Council of Wokingham	The rural district council of Wokingham
The Town Council of Abergavenny	The corporation of the borough of Abergavenny
The Town Council of Barry	The corporation of the borough of Barry
The Town Council of Bideford	The corporation of the borough of Bideford
The Town Council of Bude-Stratton	The urban district council of Bude-Stratton
The Council of the Royal Town of Caernarfon	The corporation of the Royal borough of Caernarvon
The Town Council of Dartmouth	The corporation of the borough of Clifton Dartmouth Hardness
The Town Council of Leominster	The corporation of the borough of Leominster
The Town Council of Louth	The corporation of the borough of Louth
The Town Council of Malmesbury	The Corporation of the borough of Malmesbury
The Town Council of Monmouth	The corporation of the borough of Monmouth
The Parish Council of Ripley	The urban district council of Ripley
The Town Council of Skipton	The urban district council of Skipton

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order confers on the local authorities specified in the first column of the Schedule to the Order the right to bear and use the armorial bearings formerly borne and used by the local authorities specified in the second column.