Regulation 2 Interpretation
In these Regulations—
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“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000f1;
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“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003f2;
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“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;
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“predecessor council” means a local authority which, by or in consequence of an order under section 7 of the 2007 Act, will cease to exist on the reorganisation date;
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“reorganisation date”, means the date specified in an order under section 7 of the 2007 Act as that on which a structural change comes into effect;
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“single tier council” means a local authority which on and after the reorganisation date is the sole principal authority for an area.
For the purposes of these Regulations—
a single tier council and a predecessor council are related if on the reorganisation date the area of the single tier council includes that of the predecessor council;
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 and the predecessor council are related.