{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-staff-regulations-1995/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-staff-regulations-1995/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/520",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England (Staff) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-staff-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“abolished authority” means a local authority which is wound up and dissolved on the reorganisation date;\n“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;\n“newly established authority” means an authority (not being a shadow authority) established by an order made under section 17 of the 1992 Act;\n“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;\n“principal council” means a council elected for a principal area as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972;\n“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;\n“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on the reorganisation date;\n“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;\n“unitary authority” means an authority which is the sole principal council for its local government area;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Act 1992;\n“the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70. The definition of principal area was amended by section 102(1) of and Schedule 16 paragraph 8 to, the Local Government Act 1985. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1978 c. 44, to which there are amendments not relevant to these regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/520/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:15:10.981098+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."
}