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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tonbridge-and-malling-electoral-changes-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111531051",
  "legislation_title": "The Tonbridge and Malling (Electoral Changes) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tonbridge-and-malling-electoral-changes-order-2013",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes changes to electoral arrangements for the district of Tonbridge and Malling following recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.\nThe electoral changes apply in respect of local government elections to be held on and after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2015.\nArticle 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and replaces them with 24 new ones. That article, the map (as defined in article 2) and the Schedule establish the names, areas and number of councillors of the new wards.\nArticles 4, 5 and 7 replace the existing wards of the parishes of (i) Aylesford, (ii) East Malling and Larkfield and (iii) Snodland respectively. Article 6 establishes wards in the parish of Ryarsh, which was formerly unwarded. Those articles and the map establish the names, areas and number of councillors of the new wards.\nThe map defined in article 2 shows the new district and parish wards. It is available at http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-east/kent/tonbridge-and-malling-electoral-fer. The map is also available for inspection at all reasonable times at the offices of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Gibson Building, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4LZ and at the office of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England at Layden House, 76 – 86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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