Article 1 Name, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order is called the County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(2)

This Order will come into force:

(a)

for the purposes of proceedings, preliminary or relating to any election to be held to be held on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and

(b)

for all other purposes, on 6 May 2004.

(3)

In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government Act 1972;
“electoral division” (“adran etholiadol”) means an electoral division of the County of Monmouthshire as constituted by the County of Monmouthshire Electoral Arrangements Order 1994^f1;
“map” (“map”) means the map marked “map of the County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976^f2.

Annotations

f1: This Order was made on the 19th of December 1994 by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
f2: S.I. 1976/246, as amended by the Local Government Area Changes (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/247).