PART 1GENERAL
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order 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;
“the 2019 election” means—
in the case of Dorset Council, the election required by article 39(1) to be held in 2019;
in the case of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, the election required by article 24(1) to be held in 2019;
“2019 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2019(4);
“the Borough Councils” means Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Councils;
“the Christchurch electoral divisions” means the Dorset County Council electoral divisions of Burton Grange, Christchurch Central, Commons, Mudeford and Highcliffe, and Walkford;
“the County Council” means the council of the county of Dorset;
“Dorset”, except in the mention of that word in article 7(3), means the county of Dorset;
“the District Councils” mean the councils specified in article 9(1)(b).
2000 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).
See section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).