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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boroughs-of-halton-thurrock-and-warrington-changes-to-years-of-elections-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1670",
  "legislation_title": "The Boroughs of Halton, Thurrock and Warrington (Changes to Years of Elections) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boroughs-of-halton-thurrock-and-warrington-changes-to-years-of-elections-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order changes the years of ordinary elections of councillors in the boroughs of Halton, Thurrock and Warrington (“the boroughs”) and of ordinary elections of parish councillors in parishes in the boroughs (“the parishes”).\nArticle 2 specifies the local authorities to which this Order applies.\nArticle 3 provides that the ordinary elections of councillors in the boroughs, which would have taken place in 2003 or 2004 will instead take place, respectively, in 2004 and 2005. The years in which subsequent ordinary elections of councillors in the boroughs take place are not changed by this Order and will take place in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and every fourth year after each of those years. The ordinary elections of parish councillors in the parishes, which would have taken place in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003, will instead take place in 2004 and every fourth year after 2004 so that they will be held in a year in which the ordinary elections of councillors are also held.\nArticle 4 provides that councillors and parish councillors, who would have retired in 2003 or 2004, will instead retire, respectively, in 2004 and 2005. This means that councillors of the boroughs elected in 2000 or 2001, and parish councillors of the parishes elected in 2000, who would, but for this Order, have a three year term of office will have a four year term of office instead. Parish councillors elected in 1999, who would, but for this Order, have a four year term of office will have a five year term of office instead. Article 4 also provides that councillors of the boroughs who are elected in 2004 or 2005 will have a three year term of office. All other councillors and parish councillors will have a four year term of office.\nThe scheme of elections for the boroughs continues to be elections of a third of councillors in each year in which elections are held. The scheme of elections for the parishes continues to be elections of all the parish councillors of a particular parish in each year in which the elections for that parish are held.\nArticle 5 revokes provisions in the Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Changes) Order 1997, the Borough of Halton (Electoral Changes) Order 1997 and the Borough of Warrington (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997 which have been superseded by the provisions in this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1670/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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