{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-staffordshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-staffordshire-electoral-changes-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2818",
  "legislation_title": "The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-of-staffordshire-electoral-changes-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order –\n“county” means the county of Staffordshire;\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 and borough wards in the county;\nany reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004”, of which prints are available for inspection at –\n(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and\n(b) the offices of Staffordshire County Council; and\nany reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the District of Cannock Chase (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1442), the Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1443) as amended by the East Staffordshire (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1060), the District of Lichfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1444), the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1445), the District of South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1446), the Borough of Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1447), the District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1448) as amended by the District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2677), and the Borough of Tamworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1450)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2818/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:14.300737+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."
}