Article 1 Title and coming into force

(1)

The title of this Order is the County of Ceredigion (Communities) Order 2026.

(2)

For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the 1976 Regulations^f1, this Order comes into force on 6 May 2026.

(3)

For all other purposes, this Order comes into force at 23:59 hours on the day before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2027.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1976/246 (as amended by various statutory instruments, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order). Section 74(3) of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) provides that the Regulations continue to have effect in relation to orders made under Part 3 of the 2013 Act, as if those orders were made under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).