{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northamptonshire-structural-changes-order-2020/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northamptonshire-structural-changes-order-2020/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/156",
  "legislation_title": "The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northamptonshire-structural-changes-order-2020",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972 ;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000 ;\n“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011 ;\n“2021 election” means an election required by article 20(1)(a) to be held in 2021;\n“the 2021 election day” means the ordinary day of elections of councillors in 2021 ;\n“the article 22 functions” means the functions referred to in article 22;\n“the county council” means the council of the county of Northamptonshire;\n“the Implementation Team” means the team required to be formed under article 26(1);\n“the North Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough;\n“the North Northamptonshire councils” means Corby Borough Council, East Northamptonshire District Council, Kettering Borough Council and Wellingborough Borough Council;\n“North Northamptonshire electoral division” means an electoral division of the county council which comprises part of the area of one of the North Northamptonshire councils;\n“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 ;\n“the proper officer”, in relation to any purpose and any council, means the officer appointed for that purpose by that council;\n“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on1st April 2021;\n“shadow executive” has the meaning given in article 7(1);\n“the shadow period” means the period beginning with 11th May 2020 and ending on the fourth day after the 2021 election day;\n“the West Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire;\n“the West Northamptonshire councils” means Daventry District Council, Northampton Borough Council and South Northamptonshire District Council;\n“West Northamptonshire electoral division” means an electoral division of the county council which comprises part of the area of one of the West Northamptonshire councils.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 10(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 10(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 10(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 10(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1972 c.70."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1989 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2000 c. 22. Parts 2 and 3 of that Act were amended by Part 3 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Part 1A and Schedule A1 were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "2011 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 14.2.2020, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/156/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:28.565757+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."
}