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The Highland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006

S.S.I. 2006/481 · Made 27 September 2006

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Made 27th September 2006

Coming into force 16th October 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1 and giving effect to proposals submitted to them on 27th July 2006 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of Highland Council, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 65. The functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

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)

This Order may be cited as the Highland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 16th October 2006.

(2)

This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after the date on which section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004f1 comes into force.

2Interpretation

In this Order–

(a)

a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(b)

“the deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROM–

(i)

entitled “Highland (Electoral Arrangements) 2006”; and

(ii)

deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.

3Electoral arrangements

(1)

The area of Highland Council shall be divided into 22 electoral wards.

(2)

The number and name of an electoral ward is as specified in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule to this Order.

(3)

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

(4)

The boundaries of the electoral wards are as described by the deposited data.

Signature

TOM McCABE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th September 2006

ELECTORAL WARDS

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Number of electoral wardName of electoral wardNumber of councillors to be returned
1North, West and Central Sutherland3
2Thurso3
3Wick3
4Landward Caithness4
5East Sutherland and Edderton3
6Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh4
7Cromarty Firth4
8Tain and Easter Ross3
9Dingwall and Seaforth4
10Black Isle4
11Eilean a'Chèo4
12Caol and Mallaig3
13Aird and Loch Ness4
14Inverness West3
15Inverness Central4
16Inverness Ness-Side4
17Inverness Millburn3
18Culloden and Ardersier4
19Nairn4
20Inverness South4
21Badenoch and Strathspey4
22Fort William and Ardnamurchan4

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Highland Council. The area of Highland Council is divided into 22 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission under section 4(1) of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. The Order applies only for the purposes of elections held after the coming into force of section 1 of that Act.

The Order describes the boundaries of the new electoral wards by means of data stored on a DVD-ROM. Copies of the DVD-ROM are to be deposited with and maps of the boundaries of the electoral wards are available (in hard copy or on-line) from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland and Highland Council.