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# LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND 

# 2020 No. 426 

The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 

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The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred by section 63 of the Coronavirus Act 2020( a ), makes the following Regulations. 

## Citation, commencement, extent and application 

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020. 

(2) These Regulations come into force on 8th May 2020. 

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to England only. 

## Amendment of the Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 

2.  The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019( b ) is amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8. 

3.  In article 2 (interpretation)— 

(a) for the definition of “the 2020 election” substitute— 

““the 2021 election” means the election required by article 18(1) to be held in 2021;”; 

(b) for the definition of “the 2020 election day” substitute— 

““the 2021 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2021( c );”; 

(c) in the definition of “the shadow period” for “the fourth day after the 2020 election day” substitute “11th May 2020”. 

4.  In article 3 (single tier of local government in Buckinghamshire) after paragraph (4) insert— 

“(5) Immediately after the end of the shadow period those persons who are members of Buckinghamshire Council (having been members of the shadow authority) immediately before the end of that period are to continue to be the members of that council. 

