{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-south-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-south-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2122",
  "legislation_title": "The North, South and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-south-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“district” includes a metropolitan borough and a city;\n“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of North Yorkshire;\n“the map” means one or more of the 30 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the North, South and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;\nany reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the district to which an area is transferred, save where the expression “parish ward” appears (when it refers to a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred) and in article 11;\n“North Yorkshire” means the county of North Yorkshire, and any reference to Selby is a reference to the North Yorkshire district of that name;\n“South Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, and any reference to Barnsley, to Doncaster or to Rotherham is a reference to the South Yorkshire district of that name;\n“West Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, and any reference to Leeds, to Wakefield or to Kirklees is a reference to the West Yorkshire district of that name;\nand any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2122/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:16:27.955506+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."
}