{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/case-tribunals-england-regulations-2008/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/case-tribunals-england-regulations-2008/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2938",
  "legislation_title": "The Case Tribunals (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/case-tribunals-england-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n...\n“any relevant authority concerned” means any relevant authority in England of which a respondent is a member or co-opted member;\n...\n“ethical standards officer” means an ethical standards officer appointed under section 57(5)(a) of the Act;\n“respondent” means a person who is the subject of the investigation which gave rise to the reference to the First-tier Tribunal under section 64(3) or 65(4) of the Act, or regulations made under section 66 of the Act; and\n“the relevant authority concerned” means the authority of which a respondent is a member or co-opted member and with whose code of conduct the respondent is alleged to have failed or, in the opinion of the First-tier Tribunal, has failed to comply.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 172(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 omitted (18.1.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 172(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (18.1.2010) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 172(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (18.1.2010) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/22), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 172(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 12.12.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant authority is defined in section 49(6) of the Local Government Act 2000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2938/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:45:19.497542+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}