(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.