Local Government Reform Act 2014
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Interpretation | ||
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3. In this Act— | ||
“2014 establishment day” means the day appointed by order under section 8 to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“chief executive” means a chief executive for the purposes of section 144 (as amended by section 54 ) of the Principal Act; | ||
“dissolved authority” means— | ||
(a) in relation to a city council or county council, a council dissolved by virtue of section 17 , and | ||
(b) in relation to a town council, a dissolved body; | ||
“dissolved body” has the meaning given to it by section 23 ; | ||
“local authority” has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) (as amended by section 5 (1) and Part 1 of Schedule 1) of the Principal Act; | ||
“local government area” shall be read in accordance with section 10 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Principal Act as amended by section 12 ; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government; | ||
“municipal district” has the meaning given to it by section 22A (inserted by section 19 ) of the Principal Act; | ||
“municipal district members” shall be read in accordance with section 22B (inserted by section 19 ) of the Principal Act; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act or the Principal Act; | ||
“Principal Act” means the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
“successor authority” in relation to— | ||
(a) a city council or county council, shall be read in accordance with sections 13 (1) and 17 , and | ||
(b) a town council, shall be read in accordance with section 24 (2)(a); | ||
“town council” means a dissolved body which was, before the transfer date, a town council for the purposes of the Principal Act; | ||
“transfer date” has the meaning given in section 23 . |