{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-structural-changes-order-2008/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-structural-changes-order-2008/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/634",
  "legislation_title": "The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-structural-changes-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“2008 election” means an election required by article 13(1) to be held in 2008;\n“the 2008 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2008;\n“article 16 functions” means—\n(a) in relation to the County Council, the functions referred to in article 16(1) and (2);\n(b) in relation to each of the East Cheshire councils, the function referred to in article 16(3); and\n(c) in relation to each of the West Cheshire councils, the function referred to in article 16(4);\n“Cheshire”, unless immediately preceded or followed by “East” or “West”, means the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire as constituted immediately before 1st April 2009;\n“Cheshire East”, except in references to the county of Cheshire East, means the district constituted by article 3;\n“the Cheshire East Council” means the council constituted by article 3(2);\n“the Cheshire East Joint Committee” means the committee established (whether before or after the coming into force of this Order) as mentioned in article 17(1)(a);\n“Cheshire West and Chester”, except in references to the county of Cheshire West and Chester, means the district constituted by article 4;\n“the Cheshire West and Chester Council” means the council constituted by article 4(2);\n“the Cheshire West and Chester Joint Committee” means the committee established (whether before or after the coming into force of this Order) as mentioned in article 17(1)(b);\n“the County Council” means Cheshire County Council;\n“the East Cheshire councils” means Congleton Borough Council, Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and Macclesfield Borough Council;\n“the East Cheshire districts” means the boroughs of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, and Macclesfield;\n“electoral division” means a division created by article 2 of the County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000;\n“the proper officer”, in relation to any purpose and any council, means the officer appointed for that purpose by that council;\n“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on 1st April 2009;\n“shadow executive” has the meaning given by article 7(2);\n“the shadow period” means the period beginning with the fourth day after the 2008 election day and ending immediately before 1st April 2009;\n“the West Cheshire councils” means Chester City Council, Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council and Vale Royal Borough Council; and\n“the West Cheshire districts” means the city of Chester and the boroughs of Ellesmere Port and Neston, and Vale Royal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2486."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/634/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:37.331160+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}