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1.—(1) The title of this Order is the City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2021.
(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022(1).
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
2. In this Order—
“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Swansea City and County Council;
“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2);
any reference to a map means one of the 6 maps marked “Map of the City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “6”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;
where a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature;
words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.
Commencement Information
I3Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
3.—(1) The electoral wards of the City and County of Swansea, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
(2) The City and County of Swansea is divided into 32 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972(3).
Commencement Information
I5Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
4. The community of Cockett, as it exists immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, is abolished.
Commencement Information
I7Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
5. There are constituted the following communities—
(a)the community of Cockett shown hatched on map 1;
(b)the community of Waunarlwydd shown hatched on map 2.
Commencement Information
I9Art. 5 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
6. The communities of Castle and St Thomas, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
Commencement Information
I11Art. 6 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
7. There are constituted the following communities—
(a)the community of Castle shown hatched on map 3;
(b)the community of St Thomas shown hatched on map 4;
(c)the community of Waterfront shown hatched on map 5.
Commencement Information
I13Art. 7 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
8. The part of the West Cross ward of the community of Mumbles shown hatched on map 6 is transferred to the Newton ward of the community of Mumbles.
Commencement Information
I15Art. 8 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
Mark Drakeford
First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers
22 September 2021
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