Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough and a city;

• “Durham” means the county of Durham, and any reference to Chester-le-Street or to Derwentside is a reference to the Durham district of that name;

• “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order^f1;

• “the map” means one or more of the 13 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

• “Northumberland” means the county of Northumberland, and any reference to Castle Morpeth or to Tynedale is a reference to the Northumberland district of that name;

• “Tyne and Wear” means the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, and any reference to Gateshead or to Newcastle Upon Tyne is a reference to the Tyne and Wear district of that name;

• any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

• except in article 7, “ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred^f2.