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PART 1General

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972(1);

“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989(2);

“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000(3);

“the 2007 Act” means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

“2019 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2019(4);

“the Relevant Councils” means Forest Heath District Council and St Edmundsbury Borough Council;

“West Suffolk” means the local government area of West Suffolk constituted by article 3.

(4)

See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).