Article 2 Interpretation
In this Order—
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“district” includes a city;
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“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Orderf1;
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“the map” means one of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
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“Staffordshire” means the county of Staffordshire, and any reference to Lichfield is a reference to the Staffordshire district of that name;
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“Warwickshire” means the county of Warwickshire, except in the expression “North Warwickshire”, where it means the Warwickshire district of that name;
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“West Midlands” means the metropolitan county of West Midlands, and “Birmingham” means the city of Birmingham in that county;
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any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and
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“ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferredf2.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972).
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Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (sections 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972).