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* in pursuance of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 or | * in pursuance of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 or | ||
* by the 1972 Act. | * by the 1972 Act. | ||
Under section 1 of the Act, a district council is called "''district'' District Council". Under section 2, districts can be declared to be boroughs, with the obvious effect on their names. | |||
The Department of the Environment has a [http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/local_government/council_structure.htm list of the current councils]: | The Department of the Environment has a [http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/local_government/council_structure.htm list of the current councils]: | ||
Latest revision as of 19:06, 6 April 2013
FOIA Schedule I lists:
- 36 - A district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
That Act establishes a council for each district established:
- in pursuance of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 or
- by the 1972 Act.
Under section 1 of the Act, a district council is called "district District Council". Under section 2, districts can be declared to be boroughs, with the obvious effect on their names.
The Department of the Environment has a list of the current councils:
- Antrim Borough Council
- Ards Borough Council
- Armagh City and District Council
- Ballymena Borough Council
- Ballymoney Borough Council
- Banbridge District Council
- Belfast City Council
- Carrickfergus Borough Council
- Castlereagh Borough Council
- Coleraine Borough Council
- Cookstown District Council
- Craigavon Borough Council
- Derry City Council
- Down District Council
- Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
- Fermanagh District Council
- Larne Borough Council
- Limavady Borough Council
- Lisburn City Council
- Magherafelt District Council
- Moyle District Council
- Newry and Mourne Council
- Newtownabbey Borough Council
- North Down Borough Council
- Omagh District Council
- Strabane District Council
2015 re-organisation
By virtue of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and SR 2012/421, the districts in Northern Ireland will be re-organised on the local goverment election day (the first Thursday in May) in 2015. The new districts will be:
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Belfast
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Derry and Strabane
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Mid and East Antrim
- Mid Ulster
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- North Down and Ards
