# The District of Torridge (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of Torridge. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 23 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Article 3 and Schedule 2 make electoral changes in the parish of Bideford.
Article 4 makes electoral changes in the parish of Northam.
Article 5 revokes the District of Torridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978.
The areas of the new district wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Torridge District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2472/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/district-of-torridge-electoral-changes-order-1999/note
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