This Order provides for the establishment, on 1st April 2019, of a single tier of local government for a new local government area comprising the existing Boroughs of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and a single tier of local government for the remainder of the county of Dorset (articles 3 and 7). The counties and boroughs of Bournemouth and Poole, the county of Dorset and the districts in the county of Dorset are abolished on 1st April 2019.