{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-transitional-provisions-no-4-order-1995/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-transitional-provisions-no-4-order-1995/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2563",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Transitional Provisions No. 4) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-transitional-provisions-no-4-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“existing authority” means a county or district council which will cease to exist as a result of the 1994 Act;\n“new authority” means a county or county borough council established under the 1994 Act or a National Park authority in Wales established under Part III of the Environment Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2563/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:35.593473+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."
}