(1)Each local government area shall be divided into electoral wards; and there shall be a separate election for each electoral ward.
(2)The number of councillors to be returned in an electoral ward shall be either three or four, as determined by order made under section 17 (order giving effect to proposals made by Boundary Commission) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) (“the 1973 Act”).
[F1(2A)But, in relation to an electoral ward consisting wholly or partly of one or more inhabited islands (within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018), an order made under section 17 of the 1973 Act may determine that the number of councillors to be returned is either one or two.]
(3)Different numbers may be determined in relation to different electoral wards.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(2A) inserted (4.10.2018) by Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12), ss. 19, 31(2); S.S.I. 2018/282, reg. 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 in force at 2.5.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)