The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020

PART 1 GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 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 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011(4);

“2020 election” means an election required by article 20(1)(a) to be held in 2020;

“the 2020 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2020(5);

“the article 22 functions” means the functions referred to in article 22;

“the county council” means the council of the county of Northamptonshire;

“the Implementation Team” means the team required to be formed under article 26(1);

“the North Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough;

“the North Northamptonshire councils” means Corby Borough Council, East Northamptonshire District Council, Kettering Borough Council and Wellingborough Borough Council;

“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(6);

“the proper officer”, in relation to any purpose and any council, means the officer appointed for that purpose by that council;

“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on 1st April 2021;

“shadow executive” has the meaning given in article 7(1);

“the shadow period” means the period beginning with the fourth day after the 2020 election day and ending immediately before 1st April 2021;

“the West Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire;

“the West Northamptonshire councils” means Daventry District Council, Northampton Borough Council and South Northamptonshire District Council.

(1)

1972 c.70.

(2)

1989 c. 42.

(3)

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). Part 1A and Schedule A1 were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).

(4)

2011 c. 20.

(5)

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

(6)

1983 c. 2.