{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-committee-system-england-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-committee-system-england-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1020",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Committee System) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-committee-system-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Police and Justice Act 2006;\n“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;\n“local authority” means a committee system local authority;\n“non-unitary district council committee” has the same meaning as in section 9FF of the 2000 Act; and\n“relevant partner authority” has the same meaning as in section 9FF of the 2000 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 4.5.2012, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c.42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c.48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 c.28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 9FF was inserted into the 2000 Act by section 21 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Localism Act 2011."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1020/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:32.579555+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."
}