page_title: Local government in Wales
section_title: Eight local authorities model
hierarchical_section_title: Local government in Wales / Proposals to reform / Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill / Eight local authorities model
caption_attribution_description: Map showing the eight local authorities proposal contained within the Local Government (Wales) Bill
context_page_description: Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas for local government purposes. The elected councils of these areas are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environmental protection, and most highways. Below these there are also elected community councils to which responsibility for specific aspects of the application of local policy may be devolved.
  The queen appoints a Lord Lieutenant to represent her in each of the eight preserved counties of Wales, which are combinations of principal areas retained for ceremonial purposes.
  Subdivisions of Wales created for such purposes as the organization of the National Health Service and the provision of police and emergency services are made up of combinations of principal areas. For example, the Dyfed–Powys Police force operates in the area covered by the principal areas of Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, and Carmarthenshire as well as in Powys – the former three constituting the preserved county of Dyfed.
caption: Proposed 8 local authorities model
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