# The Dorset (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth)(Structural Change) Order 1995, Article 10: Elections of councillors in Poole


(1) The Borough of Poole (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 shall have effect subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) to (4) of this article.
(2) Elections of all councillors of the Poole Council shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1996, 1999 and every fourth year after 1999.
(3) The term of office of any councillor so elected shall be, in the case of the councillors elected in 1996, three years and, in any other case, four years.
(4) On the fourth day after any such elections—
(a) the persons who were councillors immediately before those elections shall retire; and
(b) the newly elected councillors shall come into office.
(5) With effect from 1st May 1996—
(a) the Borough of Poole (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 shall be amended by the substitution of the following article for article 6—
“6 The number of councillors to be elected for each ward constituted by this Order shall be three”; and
(b) column 2 of the table in the Schedule to that Order shall be deleted and the heading to that table amended to “Names of new wards”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1771/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-boroughs-of-poole-and-bournemouthstructural-change-order-1995/article-10
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