{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-welsh-forms-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-welsh-forms-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1233",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Welsh Forms) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-welsh-forms-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“European Parliamentary election” shall have the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985;\n“mayoral election” means an election conducted under the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002;\n“principal area election” means an election conducted under the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986;\n“referendum” means a referendum conducted under the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004; and\n“relevant election or referendum” means one or more of the following—\n(i) a Parliamentary election;\n(ii) a European Parliamentary election;\n(iii) a principal area election;\n(iv) a mayoral election; and\n(v) a referendum,\nthe poll at which is taken together with the poll at the community council election.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/185; amended by S.I. 2004/225."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2214; amended by S.I. 1987/261, 1990/158, 1995/1948, 1998/578, 1999/394, 2001/81, 2004/223 and 2004/1041."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/870 (W.85.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "For the definition of “Parliamentary election”, see the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1233/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:26:44.084392+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."
}