{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-yorkshire-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1991/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-yorkshire-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1991/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2651",
  "legislation_title": "The North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-yorkshire-and-west-yorkshire-county-and-district-boundaries-order-1991",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\nany reference to Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate or Leeds is a reference to the district of that name;\n“district” includes a borough, metropolitan borough or city;\nany reference to an electoral division is a reference to an electoral division of the county of North Yorkshire;\n“map” means one of the 7 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment marked “Maps of the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1991”, 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\n“North Yorkshire” means the county of North Yorkshire; and\n“West Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2651/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:58.750144+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."
}