{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-council-act-2004/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-council-act-2004/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Medway Council Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-council-act-2004",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act of 1982” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;\n“authorised officer” means an officer of the council authorised by the council in writing to act for the purposes of this Act;\n“the chief constable” means the Chief Constable of the Kent police force;\n“the borough” means the borough of Medway;\n“the council” means the Medway Council;\n“equipment” means equipment used for the purposes of street trading;\n“proper officer” shall have the same meaning as in section 270(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70);\n“receptacle” includes—\n(a) any vehicle, trailer or barrow; and\n(b) any basket, bag, box, vessel, stall, stand, easel, board, tray or thing,\nwhich is used (whether or not constructed or adapted for such use) as a container for or for the display of any article;\n“a relevant offence” means an offence—\n(a) under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Act of 1982; or\n(b) of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence under that paragraph,\ncommitted on or after the appointed day fixed for the purpose of the application of section 5 (Street trading: seizure) of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/5/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:14.200930+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."
}