{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-interests-regulations-1992/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-interests-regulations-1992/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/618",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-members-interests-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973\n“authority” means—\n(i) in relation to England and Wales,—\na county, district or London borough council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or\nthe Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a localauthority, police authority or port health authority; and,\n(ii) in relation to Scotland, a regional, islands or district council;\n“councillor” means an elected member of an authority;\n“director” includes a member of the committee of management of an industrial and provident society;\n“land” excludes an easement, servitude, interest or right in or over land which does not carry with it a right for the councillor (alone orjointly with others) to occupy the land or to receive income; and\n“securities” means securities within the meaning of section 98(1) of the 1972 Act and section 42(1) of the 1973 Act, other than moneys deposited with a building society.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 8.5.1992, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70; section 98(1) was amended by the FinancialServices Act 1986 (c. 60), Schedule 16, paragraph 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 65; section 42(1) was amended by the FinancialServices Act 1986, Schedule 16, paragraph 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1215",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1215",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1215",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1215",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/618",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1003",
      "affecting_title": "The National Crime Squad Service Authority (Members' Interests) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "replaced (by sub-paras.(iii)(iv))",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1003",
      "affecting_title": "The National Crime Squad Service Authority (Members' Interests) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/974",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Translation Amendments) (Scotland) Order 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/618/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:26:07.155618+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."
}