{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strathclyde-passenger-transport-authority-constitution-membership-and-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-1995/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3026",
  "legislation_title": "The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (Constitution, Membership and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/strathclyde-passenger-transport-authority-constitution-membership-and-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n“the Authority” means the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority established by section 40(1) of the 1994 Act;\n“casual vacancy” means a vacancy arising before the expiry of a term of office;\n“council” means a council within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 5 to the 1994 Act the area of which lies wholly or partly within the designated area; and\n“designated area” means the passenger transport area of the Authority designated by order under section 40(4) of the 1994 Act.\n(2) Except where the context otherwise requires—\n(a) references to numbered articles and Schedules are references to articles and Schedules in this Order bearing that number; and\n(b) references in an article or Schedule to a numbered paragraph are references to a paragraph of that article or Schedule bearing that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65; relevant amendments are noted elsewhere."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/1971."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3026/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}