The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums (Date of Referendums, Referendum Question and Explanatory Material) (North East Region) Order 2004
Part 1 of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 provides for the holding of a referendum in a region about the establishment of an elected assembly for that region (“a Regional Assembly referendum”) and on the same date holding referendums in the parts of the region that have both county and district councils, about the reorganisation of those local authorities into a single tier of local government (“a local government referendum”).