2E+W+SThe counties in England for the purposes of this Act are—
(a)Greater London (excluding the City of London);
(b)the areas which are to be regarded as counties for those purposes by virtue of paragraph 3; and
(c)any other areas in England which are counties for the purposes of the M1Local Government Act 1972.
Marginal Citations
M11972. c. 70.
3E+W+SThe local government areas (or parts of local government areas) described in each entry in the second column of the following Table shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as one county to be known by the name specified in the first column.
| County for the purposes of this Act | Local government areas |
|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | [F1Bedford, Central Bedfordshire] and Luton |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes |
| [F2Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough] |
| [F2Cheshire | [F3Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and], Halton and Warrington] |
| [F4Cumbria | Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness ] |
| Derbyshire | Derbyshire and Derby |
| [F2Devon | Devon, Plymouth and Torbay] |
| Dorset | [F5Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset] |
| Durham | Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool and so much of Stockton-on-Tees as lies north of the line for the time being of the centre of the River Tees |
| The East Riding of Yorkshire | The East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull (City of) |
| East Sussex | East Sussex and Brighton and Hove |
| [F2Essex | Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock] |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire |
| Hampshire | Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton |
| [F2Kent | Kent and the Medway Towns] |
| [F2Lancashire | Lancashire, Blackburn and Blackpool] |
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire and Leicester |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire |
| [F6Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire] |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, York and so much of Stockton-on-Tees as lies south of the line for the time being of the centre of the River Tees |
| [F2Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire and Nottingham] |
| [F2Shropshire | Shropshire and The Wrekin] |
| Somerset | Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset. |
| Staffordshire | Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire and Thamesdown. |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (1.4.2009) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 10(a)
F2Entries in Sch. 1 para. 3 inserted (E.W.) (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1992, reg. 2
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (1.4.2009) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 10(b)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 inserted (E.W.) (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 28
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (E.W.) (1.4.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/615), arts. 1, 4
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 inserted (1.4.2021) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/272), arts. 1, 2
4E+W+SThe City of London shall be treated as a county for the purposes of sections 5 and 6.
5E+W+SThe Isles of Scilly shall be treated as part of the county of Cornwall for the purposes of this Act.