17.—(1) For the purposes of section 97D(9) of the Act, the types of area by reference to which a community is defined are—
(a)an electoral ward;
(b)the area of a community council;
(c)a postcode area;
(d)a postcode district;
(e)a postcode sector;
(f)an island;
(g)a locality delineated on the maps included in the Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland, Mid-2016 published on 12th March 2018(1); or
(h)a settlement delineated on the maps included in the Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland, Mid-2016 published on 12th March 2018.
(2) In this regulation—
“electoral ward” means a ward within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004(2);
“area of a community council” means an area of a community council established in accordance with Part IV of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(3);
“postcode area” means an area that—
is given a unique alphabetic coding to facilitate the delivering of mail; and
is identified by one or two alphabetical characters at the start of the full postcode, the letters being derived from a town, city or district falling within that postcode area;
“postcode district” means a sub-area of a postcode area and is identified by the characters within the first half of a full postcode, which may be numeric, alphabetic or alpha-numeric; and
“postcode sector” means a sub-area of a postcode district and is identified by the postcode district, the single space and the first character of the second half of the postcode unit.
A National Statistics publication, available via the following weblink: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2018/population-estimates-for-settlements-and-localities-mid-2016.
1973 c.65. Section 51 is amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), schedule 14. Section 53 is amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c.23), section 25 and schedules 2 and 4.