Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 1930
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
WALES
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(1), 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) (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
Article 2
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 |
Explanatory Note
(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.
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).