Article 8 Parish Council Elections

The ordinary day of election of parish councillors for the parish of Colney Heath in 2002 shall not take place; and any such parish councillor holding office immediately before 2nd May 2002 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 1st May 2003.

Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing paragraph of this article, the term of office of parish councillors shall be four years and all parish councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly elected parish councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986^f1 (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 2nd May 2002 in the office of a parish councillor for the parish of Colney Heath 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 1st May 2003.