# The Borough of Reigate and Banstead (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order give effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Reigate and Banstead.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 19 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also makes provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Article 3 makes provision for a whole council election in Reigate and Banstead in 2000 and reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 regulates the order of retirement of councillors.
Articles 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Horley and Salfords and Sidlow.
Article 6 revokes the Borough of Reigate and Banstead (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976.
The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(5). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2477/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-reigate-and-banstead-electoral-changes-order-1999/note
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