{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preseli-communities-order-1987/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preseli-communities-order-1987/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/124",
  "legislation_title": "The Preseli (Communities) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/preseli-communities-order-1987",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this order—\n“the District” means the district referred to in the recitals to this order and “the District Council” means the council of the District;\n“the appointed day” means 1st April 1987;\n“as altered” means as altered by the Ceredigion (Communities) Order 1986 and the Carmarthen (Communities) Order 1986;\n“the Bishops and Clerks” means the islets and rocks of Carreg Rhoson, Carreg-trai, Cribog, Daufraich, Llechau-isaf, Llechau-uchaf, Maen Daufraich, Maen Rhoson, Moelyn, North Bishop and South Bishop and the rocks adjoining them;\n“new community” means a community constituted by this order;\n“new community council” means a community council established by this order;\n“new community ward” means a community ward formed by this order;\n“the Regulations” means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 as amended by the Local Government Area Changes (Amendment) Regulations 1978; and\n“Schedule 1” and “Schedule 2” mean Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 to this order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1364."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2008."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/246."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/247."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/124/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:33:26.481643+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."
}