PART IGENERAL
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1996.
(2) All regulations except regulation 3(2) shall come into force on 11th March 1996 and regulation 3(2) shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the 1994 Regulations” means the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1);
“existing”, in relation to an area affected by the order, means that area as it existed on the date the order is made or, where there is more than one order, the date the first of them is made; and
“new”, in relation to an area or authority, means an area or authority established pursuant to the order.
(4) In these Regulations, “the Act”, “the 1972 Act”, “the order”, “the reorganisation date”(as substituted by these Regulations) and “abolished authority” have the same meaning as in the 1994 Regulations.
S.I. 1994/867; amended by S.I. 1995/590, 1055 and 1748.