{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-derbyshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-derbyshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2811",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-derbyshire-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Derbyshire;\n“existing”, in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and\nreferences to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Borough of Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2690), the District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2691), the Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2692), the District of Derbyshire Dales (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2693), the Borough of Erewash (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2694), the Borough of High Peak (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2695), the District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2696), and the District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2697)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2811/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:19.528419+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."
}