1996 No. 1930
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALESWALES
The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) (No. 2) (Wales) Order 1996
Made 23rd July 1996
Coming into force 24th July 1996

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996
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:
1972 c. 70; subsection (3) of section 247 was added by paragraph 53 of Schedule 15 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19).

1 This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) (No. 2) (Wales) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th July 1996.
2 Subject to article 3 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 1996 by the local authority specified in the second column of that Schedule in respect of the first mentioned authority.
3 Any armorial bearings the bearing and use of which is authorised by article 2 of this Order shall be first exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms.
N H Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE
(1)	(2)
Local authority established under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994	Local authority ceasing to exist as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Ogwr
The Council of the City and County Borough of Cardiff	The City Council of Cardiff
Ceredigion County Council	Cyngor Dosbarth Ceredigion
Isle of Anglesey County Council	The Borough Council of Ynys Mon—Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Merthyr Tydfil
Newport County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Newport
Powys County Council	The County Council of Powys
Powys County Council	The Borough Council of Brecknock
Powys County Council	The District Council of Montgomeryshire
Powys County Council	The District Council of Radnorshire
The Council of the City and County of Swansea	The City Council of Swansea
Torfaen County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Torfaen
Wrexham County Borough Council	The Borough Council of Wrexham Maelor
Article 2

(This note is not part of the Order)
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.