{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-remote-meetings-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-remote-meetings-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2024/9780338023223",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Remote Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-remote-meetings-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Remote Meetings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on X Month 2024.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the 2014 Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;\n“council” means a district council;\n“council meeting” means a meeting of—\n(a) a council;\n(b) an executive of a council (within the meaning of Part 6 of the 2014 Act);\n(c) a joint committee of two or more councils; and\n(d) a committee or sub-committee of anything within subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c).\n“remote access” means the ability to attend or participate in a meeting by electronic means, including by telephone conference, video conference, live webcasts, and live interactive streaming; and\n“remote attendance” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 2(2) and (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c. 8 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2024/9780338023223/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:40:07.784577+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."
}