{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-scheme-for-elections-of-specified-councils-england-order-2002/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-scheme-for-elections-of-specified-councils-england-order-2002/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1962",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Scheme for Elections of Specified Councils) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-scheme-for-elections-of-specified-councils-england-order-2002",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Retirement of parish councillors",
  "text": "(1) Any parish councillor of a relevant parish holding office immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2006 who would, but for this Order, have retired on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007 shall, unless he resigns his office or it otherwise becomes vacant, retire instead on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2006.\n(2) The term of office of parish councillors of a relevant parish elected on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2003 shall be three years.\n(3) Except as otherwise provided in the preceding paragraphs of this article, the term of office of parish councillors of a relevant parish shall be four years.\n(4) All parish councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in the year of retirement and the newly-elected parish councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1962/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:46.250335+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}