# The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002, Article 6: Parish elections


(1) Elections of all parish councillors for the parish of Portland shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004, 2007 and every fourth year after 2007.
(2) The term of office of all parish councillors elected in accordance with the paragraph above shall be three years for those parish councillors elected in 2004 and four years for those parish councillors elected in 2007 and every fourth year after 2007; and they shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
(3) The ordinary elections of parish councillors for the parish of Portland in 2003 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 5th May 2003 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 the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004.
(4) Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986 (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 10th May 2004 in the office of a parish councillor for the parish of Portland as if the 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2368/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-weymouth-and-portland-electoral-changes-order-2002/article-6
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