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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.

(2)

This article and articles 2, 3, 6 and 7 shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on the day after the day on which it is made;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.

(3)

Articles 4 and 5 shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceeding preliminary or relating to the election of parish councillors for the parishes of Boughton Monchelsea and Boxley to be held on 6th May 2004, on 15th October 2003;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 6th May 2004.

(4)

In this Order—

  • “borough” means the borough of Maidstone;

  • “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Maidstone (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994f1; and

  • any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.