
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
Article 2


(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