OpenLegislation

Article 2 Interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In this Order—

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

  • “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 or to Rochdale is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

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

  • “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

  • “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

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 (sections 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972.