# The Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993, Article 2: Interpretation


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1206/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lancashire-and-merseyside-county-boundaries-order-1993/article-2
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