The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a> of England and Wales comes into effect.<sup about="#mwt205" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-37"}}' id="cite_ref-37" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-37" id="mwAVE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 37;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVI">[37]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-37"><cite about="#mwt202" class="citation cs2" id="mwCOI"><a class="external text" href="https://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/1/" id="mwCOM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Local Government Act 1972<span id="mwCOQ" typeof="mw:Entity">:</span> Section 1"</a>, <i id="mwCOU"><a href="./Legislation.gov.uk" id="mwCOY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Legislation.gov.uk">legislation.gov.uk</a></i>, <a href="./The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" id="mwCOc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a>, 1972, 1972 c. 70 <span id="mwCOg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>(s. 1)<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCOk">, retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCOo">20 March</span> 2023</span></cite><span about="#mwt202" class="Z3988" id="mwCOs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=legislation.gov.uk&amp;rft.atitle=Local+Government+Act+1972%26%2358%3B+Section+1&amp;rft.date=1972&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flegislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F1972%2F70%2Fsection%2F1%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+1"></span></span>