{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-council-general-powers-act-1974/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-council-general-powers-act-1974/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1974/24",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-council-general-powers-act-1974",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act of 1947” means the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947;\n“the Act of 1957” means the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1957;\n“the Act of 1959” means the Highways Act 1959.\n“the Act of 1967” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967;\n“the Act of 1971” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1971;\n“the Act of 1972” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the Act of 1973” means the Land Compensation Act 1973;\n“area” in relation to the Council means Greater London and in relation to a borough council means the borough;\n“borough” means the London Borough and “borough council” means London borough council;\n“the Common Council” means the Common Council of the City of London;\n“the Council” means the Greater London Council;\n“enactment” means any enactment, whether public general or local, and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;\n“local newspaper” includes any newspaper published in Greater London and circulating throughout the whole of Greater London (whether or not the newspaper also circulates outside Greater London);\n“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1967;\n“road” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1967 and includes any length of road and any part of the width of a road;\n“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for the Environment;\n“statutory undertakers” means a universal service provider within the meaning of Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011, a water authority and the persons authorised by any enactment to carry on any undertaking for the supply of electricity, gas, hydraulic power or water;\n“street” includes any highway and any bridge carrying a highway, and any road, lane, mews, footpath, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, and also includes any part of a street;\n“traffic sign” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1967;\nand any reference to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2 substituted (1.10.2011) by The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2085), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. xlvi."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1957 c. xxxv."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1959 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1967 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1971 c. 78."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1973 c. 26."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1974/24/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:26.116208+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."
}