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          <Strong>PART 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title>STRENGTHENING LOCAL DEMOCRACY</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/part/1/chapter/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2011/4/part/1/chapter/3" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-1-chapter-3" RestrictStartDate="2012-04-30"><Number>CHAPTER 3</Number><Title>INTERPRETATION</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2012-04-30"><Title>Meaning of  “member”</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/section/22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2011/4/section/22" id="section-22"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-b33834d818602f07a70776db5a0c07f0"/>22</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In this Part, a reference to a member of a local authority includes a reference to an elected executive member (within the meaning of section 39(4) of the Local Government Act 2000).</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-b33834d818602f07a70776db5a0c07f0" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-22" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/mwa/2011/4/section/22" id="c1rq4qh62-00160">S. 22</CitationSubRef> in force at 30.4.2012  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2012/1187" Class="WelshStatutoryInstrument" Year="2012" Number="1187" Title="The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provisions) Order 2012" id="c1rq4qh62-00161">S.I. 2012/1187</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-1-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2012/1187/article/2/1/b" CitationRef="c1rq4qh62-00161" Operative="true" id="c1rq4qh62-00162">art. 2(1)(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>