{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/torfaen-communities-order-2013/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/torfaen-communities-order-2013/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2013/2156",
  "legislation_title": "The Torfaen (Communities) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/torfaen-communities-order-2013",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“existing” (“presennol”) in relation to a local government or electoral area, means that area as it exists immediately before the appointed day;\n“new” (“newydd”), in relation to a local government or electoral area, means that area as established by this Order;\n“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;\nany reference to a map means one of the seven maps marked “Map of the Torfaen (Communities) Order 2013”, duly labelled 1 to 8 for reference and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations;\nany reference to an electoral division is a reference to an electoral division of Torfaen County Borough; and\nwhere a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is treated as running along the centre line of the feature.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/246 (as amended by various statutory instruments which are not relevant to this Order)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/2156/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:46.902529+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."
}