{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-walesfinance-order-1996/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-walesfinance-order-1996/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales)(Finance) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-walesfinance-order-1996",
  "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 1982 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1982;\n“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“designated authority”, in relation to an old authority, means the council designated for the purposes of paragraph 12 of Schedule 17 to the 1994 Act;\n“divided authority” means an old authority in relation to which there is more than one successor authority;\n“new authority” means a county or county borough council established under the 1994 Act;\n“old authority” means a county or district council which will cease to exist as a result of the 1994 Act;\n“preceding year” means any financial year ending before 1st April 1996;\n“successor authority”, in relation to an old authority, has the meaning given by section 53(2) of the 1994 Act; and\n“the initial year” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1982 c. 32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1989 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "A council has been designated in relation to each old authority see the Local Authorities (Closure of Accounts) (Wales) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1043)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/88/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:54:19.425614+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."
}