# The City of Exeter (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the city of Exeter.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the city and provides for the creation of 18 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 make 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 Exeter in 2000 and reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 regulates the order of retirement of councillors.
Article 4 revokes the City of Exeter (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979.
The areas of the new city wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Exeter City 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/1999/2468/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-exeter-electoral-changes-order-1999/note
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