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Article 2 Interpretation

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In this Order—

  • “district” includes a metropolitan borough;

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

  • “Lancashire” means the county of Lancashire, except in the expression “West Lancashire”, where it means the district of that name in that county;

  • “the map” means one of the 6 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

  • “Merseyside” means the metropolitan county of Merseyside, and any reference to Sefton is a reference to the district of that name in that county; 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 transferred, except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.