
1 
This order may be cited as the Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 17th December 1973.
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 
There shall be constituted the parishes named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order, the boundaries of which are coterminous with the boundaries of the existing urban districts or boroughs respectively specified in respect of such parishes in column (2).
4 
In relation to the parishes named in the said column (1), 17th December 1973 is hereby specified as the date for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) (aldermen and councillors of boroughs or councillors of urban districts to be parish councillors) and (5) (cessation of provision suspending elections, and filling of casual vacancies) of paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1972.
Geoffrey Rippon
Secretary of State for the Environment
16th November 1973
SCHEDULE


(1) (2)
Parishes Existing urban districts or boroughs
County of Cambridgeshire
Wisbech The borough of Wisbech
County of Cheshire
Winsford The urban district of Winsford
County of Cornwall
Falmouth The borough of Falmouth
Truro The city of Truro
County of Cumbria
Kendal The borough of Kendal
County of Devon
Barnstable The borough of Barnstable
Bideford The borough of Bideford
Tiverton The borough of Tiverton
Newton Abbot The urban district of Newton Abbot
County of Greater Manchester
Horwich The urban district of Horwich
Saddleworth The urban district of Saddleworth
County of Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford The urban district of Bishop's Stortford
Harpenden The urban district of Harpenden
County of Lancashire
Clitheroe The borough of Clitheroe
County of North Yorkshire
Skipton The urban district of Skipton
County of Staffordshire
Kidsgrove The urban district of Kidsgrove
County of Suffolk
Felixstowe The urban district of Felixstowe
County of Tyne and Wear
Hetton The urban district of Hetton
County of West Sussex
Chichester The city of Chichester
County of West Yorkshire
Denby Dale The urban district of Denby Dale
Featherstone The urban district of Featherstone
Holmfirth The urban district of Holmfirth
Ilkley The urban district of Ilkley
Kirkburton The urban district of Kirkburton
Meltham The urban district of Meltham
Normanton The urban district of Normanton
County of Wiltshire
Trowbridge The urban district of Trowbridge