{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-debt-administration-merseyside-order-1988/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-debt-administration-merseyside-order-1988/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/452",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Debt Administration) (Merseyside) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-debt-administration-merseyside-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1985;\n“the 1986 Order” means the Local Government Reorganisation (Repayment of Loans) (Merseyside) Order 1986;\n“deemed borrowing” means the sum which, in accordance with article 6 of this Order, a relevant authority is deemed to have borrowed from the designated council;\n“designated council” means the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral;\n“early repayment” means, as appropriate, a repayment under article 11(1) of this Order or a discharge under article 11(2);\n“the fund” means the metropolitan debt administration fund which the designated council is required to establish by article 7 of this Order;\n“the Mersey Tunnels Account” means the account maintained by the Transport Authority in accordance with section 100 of the County of Merseyside Act 1980;\n“relevant authority” means any body mentioned in Schedule 1 other than the designated council;\n“repayment period” means the period of 38 years specified in article 8 of this Order;\n“Residuary Body” means the Merseyside Residuary Body;\n“the transfer date” means 1st April 1988;\n“the Transport Authority” means the Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority;\n“the Tunnel loans” means the money borrowed from the Secretary of State for the Environment under the Mersey Tunnel Acts 1925 to 1972 for the purposes of any road crossing under the river Mersey.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/436."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c.x; section 100 was amended by paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 2 to the Mersey Tunnels Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/297)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The right to repayment of the Tunnel loans is now vested in the Secretary of State for Transport by virtue of article 2(3) of the Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/238); earlier relevant provisions are article 2(4) of the Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1775) and article 2(2) of the Minister of Transport Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/571)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/452/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:10:10.541148+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."
}