{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lambeth-merton-and-wandsworth-london-borough-boundaries-order-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lambeth-merton-and-wandsworth-london-borough-boundaries-order-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1343",
  "legislation_title": "The Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lambeth-merton-and-wandsworth-london-borough-boundaries-order-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\nany reference to Lambeth, to Merton or to Wandsworth is a reference to the London borough of that name; “the map” means one or more of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; andany reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the London borough from or to which an area is transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Every London borough is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of borough councillors (section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1343/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:15.319878+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."
}