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Article 2 Interpretation

United Kingdom

In this Order

  • “the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972 M1;

  • “the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 M2;

  • “the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000 M3;

  • “the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

  • “Buckinghamshire” except in the first mention of that word in article 3(1) and in the mention in articles 3(3), 18(2)(a) and 19(a) means the county of Buckinghamshire;

  • “the county council” means the council of the county of Buckinghamshire;

  • F1“the 2021 election” means the election required by article 18(1) to be held in 2021;

  • F2“the 2021 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2021 M4;

  • “the districts” means the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe;

  • “the district councils” means Aylesbury Vale District Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks District Council and Wycombe District Council;

  • “the Implementation Team” means the team required to be formed under article 17(1);

  • “shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on 1st April 2020;

  • “shadow executive” has the meaning given in article 6(1)(b);

  • “the shadow period” means the period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending on F311th May 2020.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F2

Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

F3

Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(c)

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c.70.

M2

1989 c.42.

M3

2000 c.22. Parts 2 and 3 of that Act were amended by Part 3 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Part 1A and Schedule A1 were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

M4

See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).