Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 27th October 1995.

In this Order—

• “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^f1;

• “board” means a joint board established under article 2(1) below;

• “constituent authority”, in relation to a board, means a local authority specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the name of the board in question (as shown in column 1 of that Schedule);

• “ordinary election” means an ordinary election of councillors in Scotland held in 1999 or in a later year.