The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022

PART 1 GENERAL

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 and comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order is made.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and applies in England only.

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 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011(4);

“2022 election” means an election required by article 21(1)(a) to be held in 2022;

“the 2022 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022(5);

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

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

“Cumberland Council” means the district council to be established by article 3(2);

“the Cumberland councils” means Allerdale Borough Council, Carlisle City Council and Copeland Borough Council;

“the Cumberland districts” means the districts of Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland;

“the Cumberland Joint Committee” is the committee to be established by article 23(1)(a);

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

“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 2023;

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

“the shadow period” means the period beginning with the fourth day after the 2022 election day and ending immediately before 1st April 2023;

“Westmorland and Furness Council” means the district council to be established by article 4(2);

“the Westmorland and Furness councils” means Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council, Eden District Council and South Lakeland District Council;

“the Westmorland and Furness districts” means the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland;

“the Westmorland and Furness Joint Committee” is the committee to be established by article 23(1)(b).

(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.