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Article 2 Interpretation

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In this Order—

  • “district” includes a city;

  • “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Orderf1;

  • “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;

  • “Staffordshire” means the county of Staffordshire, and any reference to Lichfield is a reference to the Staffordshire district of that name;

  • “Warwickshire” means the county of Warwickshire, except in the expression “North Warwickshire”, where it means the Warwickshire district of that name;

  • “West Midlands” means the metropolitan county of West Midlands, and “Birmingham” means the city of Birmingham in that county;

  • any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

  • “ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferredf2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

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).

f2

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).