Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Statutory Transition Committees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 2013.
(2) In these Regulations—
“1972 Act” means the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1972(1);
“2010 Act” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010;
“2011 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(2);
“district” means a local government district established in pursuance of section 1 of the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(3).
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to a name of a district is a reference to the corresponding name set out in Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012(4).