{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-lancashire-electoral-changes-order-2005/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-lancashire-electoral-changes-order-2005/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/170",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-lancashire-electoral-changes-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Lancashire;\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;\nreferences to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district, borough and city wards in the county; and\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005”, of which prints are available for inspection at –\n(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and\n(b) the offices of Lancashire County Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2473) as amended by the Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2992, the Borough of Chorley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2474), the Borough of Fylde (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2475), the Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2469), the City of Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2470), the Borough of Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2471), the Borough of Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2472), the Borough of Ribble Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2429), the Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2430), the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2431) as amended by the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1031), the District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2432) and the Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2433)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/170/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:11:09.918451+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."
}