## Citation and commencement 

## PART 1 

## GENERAL 

1.  This Order may be cited as the Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order is made. 

## Interpretation 

2.  In this Order— 

“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972( a ); 

“the 1989 Act” means the Local Government and Housing Act 1989( b ); 

“the 2000 Act” means the Local Government Act 2000( c ); 

“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011( d ); 

“2020 election” means an election required by article 20(1)(a) to be held in 2020; 

“the 2020 election day” means the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2020( e ); 

“the article 22 functions” means the functions referred to in article 22; 

“the county council” means the council of the county of Northamptonshire; 

“the Implementation Team” means the team required to be formed under article 26(1); 

“the North Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough; 

“the North Northamptonshire councils” means Corby Borough Council, East Northamptonshire District Council, Kettering Borough Council and Wellingborough Borough Council; 

“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983( f ); 

“the proper officer”, in relation to any purpose and any council, means the officer appointed for that purpose by that council; 

“shadow authority” means an authority (not being a local authority) which will become a local authority on 1st April 2021; 

“shadow executive” has the meaning given in article 7(1); 

“the shadow period” means the period beginning with the fourth day after the 2020 election day and ending immediately before 1st April 2021; 

“the West Northamptonshire districts” means the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire; 

“the West Northamptonshire councils” means Daventry District Council, Northampton Borough Council and South Northamptonshire District Council. 

