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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-crewe-and-nantwich-electoral-changes-order-1998/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2845",
  "legislation_title": "The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich (Electoral Changes) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-crewe-and-nantwich-electoral-changes-order-1998",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Parish elections",
  "text": "(1) Elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Alpraham, Baddiley, Bunbury, Calveley, Wardle and Willaston shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2000 and every fourth year after 2000.\n(2) Elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Audlem, Bickerton, Brindley, Buerton, Bulkeley, Dodcott-cum-Wilkesley, Egerton, Faddiley, Nantwich, Ridley and Spurstow shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.\n(3) The ordinary election of parish councillors for the parishes of Marbury-cum-Quoisley, Norbury, Wirswall and Wrenbury-cum-Frith in 1999 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 10th May 1999 who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until 8th May 2000.\n(4) The ordinary election of parish councillors for the parishes of Baddington, Broomhall and Sound in 2002 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 6th May 2002 who would, but for this paragraph, have retired on that date shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, continue to hold office until 5th May 2003.\n(5) The term of office of parish councillors elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1999 for the parishes of Cholmondeley, Chorley and Hankelow shall be three years and elections shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2002 and every fourth year after 2002.\n(6) Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this article, the term of office of parish councillors shall be four years and all parish councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected parish councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.\n(7) Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986 (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect–\n(a) in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 8th May 2000 in the office of parish councillor for the parishes of Marbury-cum-Quoisley, Norbury, Wirswall and Wrenbury-cum-Frith as if references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to 8th May 2000; and\n(b) in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 5th May 2003 in the office of parish councillor for the parishes of Baddington, Broomhall and Sound as if references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to 5th May 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2215."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/634",
      "affecting_title": "The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2845/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:15:26.927024+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}