{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-etc-transitional-provisions-regulations-1991/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-etc-transitional-provisions-regulations-1991/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter Etc. (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-etc-transitional-provisions-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n(a) “the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Act 1988;\n“the 1990 Act” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n“functional work” and “works contract” have the same meaning as in Part I of the 1988 Act;\n“litter” includes refuse;\n“relevant functional work” means functional work falling within the defined activity mentioned in section 2(2)(c) of the 1988 Act (other cleaning); and\n(b) in relation to Scotland, “highway” means “road”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Functional work” and “works contract” are defined in section 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/719/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:41.001913+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."
}