{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-and-boundary-changes-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-and-boundary-changes-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1296",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-and-boundary-changes-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;\n“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement In Health Act 2007;\n“merged council” means a district council which, in accordance with a section 10 order, becomes the council for the area of two or more district councils which are wound up and dissolved under that order;\n“reorganisation date” in relation to a merged council, means the date specified in the section 10 order as that on which a boundary change comes into effect;\n“section 10 order” means an order under section 10 of the 2007 Act (implementation of recommendations by order);\n“shadow council” means an authority (not being a local authority) which in accordance with a section 10 order becomes a local authority on the reorganisation date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 14."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1296/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:04.549432+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."
}