# The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Financial Provisions and Amendment) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
“predecessor council” means a local authority which, by or in consequence of a section 7 order, ceases to exist on the reorganisation date;
“preparing council” means a local authority which, in accordance with a section 7 order, becomes a single tier council on the reorganisation date;
“reorganisation date”, in relation to a single tier council, means the date specified in the section 7 order as that on which a structural change comes into effect;
“section 7 order” means an order under section 7 of the 2007 Act;
“shadow council” means an authority (not being a local authority) which, in accordance with a section 7 order, becomes a single tier council on the reorganisation date; and
“single tier council” means a local authority which on and after the reorganisation date is the sole principal authority for an area.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) a single tier council is related to a predecessor council if on the reorganisation date the area of the single tier council includes that of the predecessor council; and
(b) where on the reorganisation date the area of a predecessor council comprises the areas of two or more single tier councils taken together, both or all of those single tier councils are related to the predecessor council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/5/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-further-financial-provisions-and-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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