Article 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2024.

(2)

This article and article 2 come into force on 15th October 2025.

(3)

Articles 3 and 4 come into force—

(a)

for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2025;

(b)

for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in England^f1 in 2026.

(4)

Article 5 comes into force—

(a)

for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2026;

(b)

for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2027.

(5)

This Order extends to England and Wales but applies in relation to England only.

Annotations

f1: The ordinary day of election of councillors in England is prescribed by section 37(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), renumbered by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), and further amended by section 6(16) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).