Charter trustees

Charter trustees are the English district councillors for an area that used to be a city.

They are allowed by the Charter Trustees Act 1985, so that some of the privileges and dignities of former city can be carried on.

References

Charter Trustees Acts 1985 c45

  1. ↑ Letters Patent dated March 18, 1974, text retrieved from Medway Council archives website
  2. ↑ Letters Patent dated January 25, 1982, text retrieved from Medway Council archives website
  3. ↑ "BBC News - Thursday, 16 May, 2002 - Error costs Rochester city status". Archived from the original on 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2007-11-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Medway Council - REGENERATION AND COMMUNITY OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE - DATE 4 MARCH 2003 - TITLE OF REPORT ROCHESTER CITY STATUS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2007.