Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision with respect to local government in Wales.
Citation	1994 c.19
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	5 July 1994
Commencement	1 April 1996
Other legislation
Amends	Local Government Act 1972
Amended by	Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 Environment Act 1995 Gas Act 1995 Education Act 1996 Employment Rights Act 1996 Housing Act 1996 Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 Reserve Forces Act 1996 Justices of the Peace Act 1997 Lieutenancies Act 1997 Audit Commission Act 1998 Data Protection Act 1998 Government of Wales Act 1998 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 Access to Justice Act 1999 European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 Local Government Act 1999 Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 Representation of the People Act 2000 Adoption and Children Act 2002 Communications Act 2003 Local Government Act 2003 Licensing Act 2003 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 Traffic Management Act 2004 Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Gambling Act 2005 Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 Charities Act 2006 Commons Act 2006 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 Charities Act 2011 Localism Act 2011 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 Infrastructure Act 2015 Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to create the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the Act,^[1] and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts. It came into effect on 1 April 1996.