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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the County of Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2)

This article and articles 2 and 5 shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.

(3)

Articles 3 and 4 of this Order shall come into force—

(a)

for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election of a parish councillor for the parish of Hexham or Morpeth on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

(b)

for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(4)

In this Order—

  • “county” means the county of Northumberland;

  • “existing”, in relation to a division or ward, means the division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the countyf1; and

  • any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the County of Northumberland (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

See the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2346), the Borough of Blyth Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2345), the Borough of Castle Morpeth (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2344), the District of Tynedale (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2343) and the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2342).

f2

S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.