{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-and-merseyside-county-and-metropolitan-borough-boundaries-order-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-and-merseyside-county-and-metropolitan-borough-boundaries-order-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/394",
  "legislation_title": "The Cheshire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-and-merseyside-county-and-metropolitan-borough-boundaries-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“Cheshire” means the county of Cheshire, and any reference to Halton is a reference to the Cheshire borough of that name;\n“electoral division” means an electoral division of Cheshire;\n“the map” means one of the 6 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;\n“Merseyside” means the metropolitan county of Merseyside, “Liverpool” means the city of Liverpool in that county, and “Sefton” means the metropolitan borough of Sefton in that county;\nany reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and\n“ward” means a ward of the borough, city or metropolitan borough from or to which an area is transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (sections 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/394/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:04:22.412108+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."
}