2006 No. 392
The Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006
Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19731 and giving effect to proposals submitted to them on 28th February 2006 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of Falkirk Council, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application1
1
This Order may be cited as the Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 21st July 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 20042 comes into force.
Interpretation2
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 “Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) 2006”; and
ii
deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
Electoral arrangements3
1
The area of Falkirk Council shall be divided into 9 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.
SCHEDULEELECTORAL WARDS
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
---|---|---|
Number of electoral ward | Name of electoral ward | Number of councillors to be returned |
1 | Bo'ness and Blackness | 3 |
2 | Grangemouth | 4 |
3 | Denny and Banknock | 4 |
4 | Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst | 4 |
5 | Bonnybridge and Larbert | 3 |
6 | Falkirk North | 4 |
7 | Falkirk South | 4 |
8 | Lower Braes | 3 |
9 | Upper Braes | 3 |
(This note is not part of the Order)