
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