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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 359

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The East Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006

Made

14th June 2006

Coming into force

3rd July 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1) and giving effect to proposals submitted to them on 16th January 2006 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of East Lothian Council, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the East Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd 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 2004(2) comes into force.

Interpretation

2.  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 “East Lothian (Electoral Arrangements) 2006”; and

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

Electoral arrangements

3.—(1) The area of East Lothian Council shall be divided into 7 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.

TOM McCABE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th June 2006

Article 3

SCHEDULEELECTORAL WARDS

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Number of electoral wardName of electoral wardNumber of councillors to be returned
1Musselburgh West3
2Musselburgh East and Carberry3
3Preston/Seton/Gosford4
4Fa'side4
5North Berwick Coastal3
6Haddington and Lammermuir3
7Dunbar and East Linton3

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 East Lothian Council. The area of East Lothian Council is divided into 7 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 in terms review 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 described the boundaries of the new electoral wards by means of data stored on a DVD-ROM. Copies of the DVD-ROM are deposited with and maps of the boundaries of the electoral wards are available from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland and East Lothian Council.

(1)

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).