{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2120",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“district” includes a metropolitan borough and a city;\nany reference to Manchester is a reference to the district of that name, except in the expression “Greater Manchester”, where it means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester;\n“the map” means one of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;\nany reference to Oldham, to Rochdale or to Tameside is a reference to the district of that name in Greater Manchester;\nany reference to an area as unparished is a reference to an area not forming part of any parish;\nany reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred; and\n“West Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, any reference to Kirklees being a reference to the district of that name in that county.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2120/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:16:29.534697+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."
}