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The Highland (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021 in Wales

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 17(4)(b)(ii) and (5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Local Government

Made 2021

Coming into force 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(4)(b)(ii) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1 (“the 1973 Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

These Regulations give effect to proposals contained in a report submitted to the Scottish Ministers by Boundaries Scotland under section 17(1) of the 1973 Act on 10 June 2021, and in accordance with section 20 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018f2. The report has been laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 17(4)(a) of the 1973 Act.

In accordance with section 17(4)(b)(ii) and (5) of the 1973 Act a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 65. Section 17 was replaced in its entirety by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 (asp 12), section 31(2).

f2

2018 asp 12.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Electoral arrangements
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Electoral wards
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Highland (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(3)

These Regulations apply only for the purposes of an election for which the date of poll is on or after 5 May 2022.

2Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the electoral ward map” for an individual electoral ward described in the table is the map held by Boundaries Scotlandf1 marked with the following information—

    1. (a)

      the title of these Regulations, and

    2. (b)

      the name of the electoral ward,

  • “the Highland area map” means the map, showing the boundaries of all 20 electoral wards described in the table, which is held by Boundaries Scotlandf2 and marked with the following information—

    1. (a)

      the title of these Regulations, and

    2. (b)

      the words “Map of all electoral wards in Highland”,

  • “the table” means the table in the schedule of these Regulations.

(2)

In these Regulations, a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted by these Regulations.

(3)

Where a boundary is shown on the Highland area map or the electoral ward map for any electoral ward as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

3Electoral arrangements

(1)

The area of Highland Council is divided into the 20 electoral wards listed in column 2 of the table.

(2)

The number of an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table.

(3)

The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table.

(4)

The boundaries of all 20 electoral wards described in the table are as shown on the Highland area map.

(5)

The boundaries of each electoral ward described in the table are shown in more detail on the electoral ward map for that electoral ward.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Electoral wards

Column 1

Number of electoral ward

Column 2

Name of electoral ward

Column 3

Number of councillors to be returned
1North, West and Central Sutherland2
2Thurso and Northwest Caithness4
3Wick and East Caithness4
4East Sutherland3
5Wester Ross and Lochalsh3
6Cromarty Firth4
7Tain, Easter Ross and Edderton3
8Dingwall and Seaforth5
9Black Isle3
10Eilean a’ Cheò3
11Caol, Mallaig and the Small Isles3
12Aird3
13Inverness North West5
14Inverness North East4
15Inverness South West5
16Inverness South East4
17Culloden and Ardersier3
18Nairn and Cawdor4
19Badenoch and Strathspey4
20Fort William and Ardnamurchan4

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations give effect to proposals made by Boundaries Scotland in relation to the future electoral arrangements for the area of Highland Council. The proposals were made in a report by Boundaries Scotland submitted to the Scottish Ministers under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and in accordance with section 20 of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.

The Regulations apply only for the purposes of local government elections held on or after 5 May 2022.

Paragraphs (1) to (3) of regulation 3, divide the area of Highland Council into 20 electoral wards as described in the schedule of the Regulations and specify the number of councillors in each ward as described in the schedule.

Paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 3 describe the boundaries of the electoral wards in Highland by reference to maps held by Boundaries Scotland and marked with specified information. Prints of these maps are available for inspection at Boundaries Scotland’s principal office and on the Boundaries Scotland website. The boundaries of all 20 electoral wards are shown in smaller scale on one map (the Highland area map) while the boundaries of the individual electoral wards are each shown in larger scale on a separate map for each electoral ward. The electoral ward boundaries as shown on the Highland area map and the individual electoral ward map are the same but are shown to different scales.