2006 No. 394
The Orkney Islands (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 20th March 2006 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of Orkney Islands Council, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and application1
1
This Order may be cited as the Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 14th 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 “Orkney Islands (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 Orkney Islands Council shall be divided into 6 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 | Kirkwall East | 4 |
2 | Kirkwall West and Orphir | 4 |
3 | Stromness and South Isles | 3 |
4 | West Mainland | 4 |
5 | East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray | 3 |
6 | North Isles | 3 |
(This note is not part of the Order)