Commentary on Sections Part 3 – Repeals of Welsh Legislation Part 8 – Reorganisation of local government
150.All 22 Welsh councils are unitary authorities as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (‘the 1994 Act’) that abolished the eight local government counties and 37 districts that had been formed in 1974.
151.The Act deals with four matters associated with the reorganisation of local government in Wales: