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Article 2 Interpretation

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In this Order—

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

  • “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Lancashiref1;

  • “Greater Manchester” means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, and any reference to Bury, to Manchester or to Salford is a reference to the Greater Manchester district of that name;

  • “Lancashire” means the county of Lancashire, and any reference to Blackburn or to Rossendale is a reference to the Lancashire district of that name;

  • “the map” means one of the 7 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

  • “ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferredf2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972).

f2

Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972.