Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f1;

• “the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f2;

• “the 2004 Act” means the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004;

• “by election” means an election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of councillor in accordance with section 37 of the 1973 Act (filling of casual vacancies)^f3;

• “connected person” means, in relation to a member of a local authority, their spouse, civil partner, a person the member has been living with as if they were man and wife (as the case may be), a person the member has been living with as if they were civil partners, or a child or parent of the member who is wholly or mainly dependent on the member;

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the 1994 Act (constitution of councils); and

• “ordinary election” means an ordinary election of councillors for local government areas in Scotland that is held after the date on which section 1 of the 2004 Act (electoral wards) comes into force^f4.