Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “the Act” means the Local Government Act 2000;

• “authority” means a relevant authority in England and a police authority in Wales; and

• “monitoring officer”, in relation to an authority, means the person for the time being designated in respect of the authority in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f1 and includes any person nominated by a monitoring officer as his deputy for the purposes of section 5(7) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and any person nominated under the provisions of section 82A(2) or (3) of the Act to perform any function^f2.