{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1553",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-committees-and-political-groups-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“authority”, except in Part II and as provided in regulations 6(2) and 18, means a relevant authority as defined in relation to England and Wales in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act; and\n“financial year” means the period of twelve months ending on 31st March.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.8.1990, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1553/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:11:04.151811+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."
}