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	The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
		"principal area" means, in England, a county, district or London borough and, in Wales, a county or county borough;
		Where the poll at an election of councillors to the council of a principal area is to be taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum[14], the Rules set out in Schedule 2 shall apply to the principal area election as shown modified in Schedule 3.
		A candidate who is validly nominated for more than one electoral area of the same local government area, must withdraw from his candidature in all those electoral areas except one, and if he does not so withdraw, he shall be deemed to have withdrawn from his candidature in all those electoral areas.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2006/20063304.htm (13163 words)

	Traditional counties of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These in turn were replaced in 1996, by the current principal areas of Wales.
		The area of Monmouthshire was not legally part of Wales until 1974, although it was usually paired with it.
		There is a minor dispute as to which of two sets of borders of the traditional counties of Wales is true and valid: see Traditional counties of England for more detail.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Traditional_counties_of_Wales (388 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wales (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Badge of the Prince of Wales is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince.
		Radnorshire (Welsh: Sir Faesyfed) is an inland traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, to the east by Herefordshire, to the south by Brecknockshire and to the west by Cardiganshire.
		South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the East and South, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the North and West.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wales (8173 words)

	Subdivisions of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The current names of the counties and county boroughs are in some cases different from those specified in the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.
		When these administrative counties were abolished in 1996, their names and areas were retained with slight amendations for some purposes such as Lieutenancy, and became known as the preserved counties of Wales.
		These were further amended in 2003 by S.I. to ensure that each unitary area is wholly within one preserved county.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unitary_Authorities_of_Wales (473 words)

	Subdivisions of Wales - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From 1889 to 1974, the administrative counties of Wales were used for local government.
		When these counties were abolished in 1996, they were retained with slight amendations for some purposes such as Lieutenancy, and became known as the preserved counties of Wales.
		These were further amended in 2003 to ensure that each unitary area is wholly within one preserved county.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Subdivisions_of_Wales (358 words)

	unitary authorities of wales (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They succeded what are now known as the preserved counties of Wales as local government boundaries on April 1, 1996.
		The pre-1974 divisions were based on the traditional counties of Wales but several areas were independent county boroughs.
		In 1974 new administrative regions of Wales called counties were created to replace the previous system of 13 counties and 4 county boroughs.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Unitary_Authorities_of_Wales.html (175 words)

	Preserved Counties Of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lieutenancy.
		However, it created the concept of preserved counties based on their areas, to be used for purposes such as Lieutenancy.
		The part of the local government area of Conwy which had been in Gwynedd was transferred to Clwyd, and the part of the local government area of Caerphilly which had been in Mid Glamorgan was transferred to Gwent.
	www.wikiverse.org /preserved-counties-of-wales (300 words)

	BioComposites Centre, Bangor, Wales > specialising in biocomposites for industrial contract
		The BioComposites Centre is a designated Scientific Centre of Excellence, which was established in 1989 at the University of Wales, Bangor, with the assistance of the Welsh Development Agency and industry.
		The Centre is self-financing and is staffed by an interdisciplinary team of wood, polymer and material scientists, biologists, chemists and physicists, with many years of experience of research into industrial utilisation of wood and plant fibres and plant polymers.
		The synergy between the areas enables the Centre to adopt a holistic approach to the utilisation of plant-matter and recycled or waste materials.
	www.bc.bangor.ac.uk (322 words)

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