Article 2 Interpretation
In this Order—
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“district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough;
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“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Lancashiref1;
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“Greater Manchester” means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, and any reference to Bury or to Rochdale is a reference to the district of that name in that county;
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“Lancashire” means the county of Lancashire, and any reference to Rossendale is a reference to the district of that name in that county;
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“the map” means one of the 3 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater Manchester and Lancashire (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and
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“ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred by this orderf2, except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.
Annotations
Footnotes
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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).
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Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (sections 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972.