{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-assistants-for-political-groups-remuneration-england-order-2021/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-assistants-for-political-groups-remuneration-england-order-2021/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1122",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) (England) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-assistants-for-political-groups-remuneration-england-order-2021",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“the National Joint Council” means the National Joint Council for Local Government Services; and\n“the National Joint Council’s Scheme” means the National Joint Council’s National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The National Joint Council is the national negotiating body for pay and conditions in the local government sector, representing local government employers, their employees and local government trade unions."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service is available on request from the Local Government Association."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1122/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:08:20.761373+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."
}