# The City of Liverpool (Electoral Changes) Order 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, with two modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the city of Liverpool.
The modifications concern the boundary between Riverside and St Michael’s city wards and the external boundary between County city ward and the borough of Sefton. (This boundary was altered by the Cheshire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Boundaries) Order 1993, but was shown in the map referred to in the Boundary Committee recommendations as if that Order had not been made).
The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2004.
Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the city and provides for the creation of 30 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in 2004 and for reversion to the established system of election by thirds in subsequent years.
Article 6 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 7 revokes the City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979, with the exception of articles 8 and 9(7).
The areas of the new city wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Liverpool City Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2505/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/city-of-liverpool-electoral-changes-order-2003/note
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