Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1995.

All regulations except regulations 8 and 9 shall come into force on 1st August 1995 and regulations 8 and 9 shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1994 Regulations” means the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994^f1;

• “existing”, in relation to an area or authority affected by the order, means an area or authority in existence on the date the order is made or, where there is more than one order affecting that area or authority, the date the first of them is made; and

• “new”, in relation to an area or authority, means an area or authority established pursuant to the order.

Any expression used in these Regulations which is defined for the purposes of the 1994 Regulations shall have the same meaning as it has for those purposes.