{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exeter-electoral-changes-order-2016/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exeter-electoral-changes-order-2016/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Exeter (Electoral Changes) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exeter-electoral-changes-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Wards of the city of Exeter and number of councillors",
  "text": "(1) The existing wards of the city of Exeter are abolished.\n(2) The city of Exeter is divided into the 13 wards in the following list—\nAlphington\nDuryard & St James\nExwick\nHeavitree\nMincinglake & Whipton\nNewtown & St Leonard’s\nPennsylvania\nPinhoe\nPriory\nSt Loyes\nSt David’s\nSt Thomas\nTopsham\n(3) Each ward comprises the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward.\n(4) Three councillors are to be elected for each ward.\n(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 20.1.2016 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 5.5.2016 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/65/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:12.228335+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}