Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “abolished authority” means a local authority which is wound up and dissolved on the reorganisation date;

• “contract of employment” means a contract under which a person works for another person whether under a contract of service or apprenticeship or otherwise, but does not include anyone who provides services under a contract for services, and any reference to an “employer” or “employee” and to “employment” shall be construed accordingly;

• “newly established authority” means an authority (not being a shadow authority) established by an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act;

• “preliminary date” is a reference to the earliest date on which any action is required to be taken in pursuance of an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act;

• “principal council” means a council elected for a principal area as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972^f1;

• “the reorganisation date” is the date on which a structural change or a boundary change (or both such changes) in pursuance of an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act comes into effect;

• “shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on the reorganisation date;

• “transferor authority” means a principal council (other than an abolished authority) from which functions are transferred to a unitary authority by virtue of a structural change effected by an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act;

• “unitary authority” means an authority which is the sole principal council for its local government area;

• “the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Act 1992;

• “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978^f2.