1. This Order may be cited as the Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 and comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order is made.
2. In this Order
“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972 M1;
“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 M2;
“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000 M3;
“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;
“Buckinghamshire” except in the first mention of that word in article 3(1) and in the mention in articles 3(3), 18(2)(a) and 19(a) means the county of Buckinghamshire;
“the county council” means the council of the county of Buckinghamshire;
[F1“the 2021 election” means the election required by article 18(1) to be held in 2021;]
[F2“the 2021 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2021 M4;]
“the districts” means the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe;
“the district councils” means Aylesbury Vale District Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks District Council and Wycombe District Council;
“the Implementation Team” means the team required to be formed under article 17(1);
“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on 1st April 2020;
“shadow executive” has the meaning given in article 6(1)(b);
“the shadow period” means the period beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force and ending on [F311th May 2020].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(a)
F2Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(b)
F3Words in art. 2 substituted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 3(c)
Marginal Citations
M32000 c.22. Parts 2 and 3 of that Act were amended by Part 3 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28). Part 1A and Schedule A1 were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).
M4See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).