{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-copeland-electoral-changes-order-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-copeland-electoral-changes-order-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2570",
  "legislation_title": "The Borough of Copeland (Electoral Changes) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-copeland-electoral-changes-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Copeland.\nArticle 2 abolishes all of the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 25 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.\nArticle 3 and Schedule 2 abolish the existing wards of the parish of Egremont and provides for the creation of two new wards each with 5 councillors.\nArticle 4 and Schedule 3 ward the parish of St Bees and provide for the number of councillors.\nArticle 5 and Schedule 4 ward the parish of St John Beckermet and provide for the number of councillors.\nArticle 6 and Schedule 5 ward the parish of Millom Without and provide for the number of councillors.\nThe areas of the new borough and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Copeland Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which are located at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2570/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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