# The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Further Transitional Arrangements and Staffing) Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;
“the 2003 Act” means the Local Government Act 2003;
“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;
“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;
“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;
“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 and a predecessor council are related if on the reorganisation date the area of the single tier council includes that of the predecessor council;
(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 and the predecessor council are related.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/486/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-structural-changes-further-transitional-arrangements-and-staffing-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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