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Article 3 Electoral divisions of the county of Devon

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(1)

The existing electoral divisions of the countyf1 shall be abolished.

(2)

The county shall be divided into sixty-two electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3)

The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be one.

(4)

Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

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See the County of Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1748). The area of the county of Devon was altered by the Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1865).