Interpretation2.

(1)

In these Regulations—

by advertisement” means by publication in the London Gazette and by local advertisement;

by local advertisement” means by publication on at least one occasion in two successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in the combined authority area;

the combined authority area” means the area of—

(a)

the Greater Manchester Combined Authority,

(b)

the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, or

(c)

the West of England Combined Authority

as appropriate; and

the GLA Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999, as applied with modifications in relation to—

(a)

the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the combined authority area, by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2016,

(b)

the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the combined authority area, by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2017, and

(c)

the West of England Combined Authority and the combined authority area, by the West of England Combined Authority Order 2017.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to proposals to alter or replace the spatial development strategy as they apply in relation to a proposed spatial development strategy.