The Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 275

Local Government

The Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016

Made

13th September 2016

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

14th September 2016

Coming into force

30th September 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so. This Order gives effect to proposals submitted to them on 26th May 2016 by the Boundary Commission under section 17(1) of that Act regarding electoral arrangements for the area of Falkirk Council.

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2016 and comes into force on 30th September 2016.

(2) This Order applies only for the purposes of an election to be held on or after 4th May 2017.

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 “Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) 2016”; and

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

Electoral arrangements

3.—(1) The area of Falkirk Council is divided into 9 electoral wards.

(2) The number and name of an electoral ward is as specified in the entry in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the schedule of 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 of this Order corresponding to that electoral ward.

(4) The boundaries of the electoral wards are as described by the deposited data.

JOE FITZPATRICK

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

13th September 2016

Article 3

SCHEDULE ELECTORAL WARDS

Column 1 Number of electoral ward	Column 2 Name of electoral ward	Column 3 Number of councillors to be returned
1	Bo’ness and Blackness	3
2	Grangemouth	3
3	Denny and Banknock	4
4	Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst	4
5	Bonnybridge and Larbert	3
6	Falkirk North	4
7	Falkirk South	3
8	Lower Braes	3
9	Upper Braes	3

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 Falkirk Council. The area of Falkirk Council is divided into 9 electoral wards as described in the schedule of the Order. This Order applies only for the purposes of an election to be held on or after 4th May 2017.

The Order describes the boundaries of the new electoral wards by means of data stored on a DVD-ROM. Copies of the DVD-ROM are to be deposited with, and maps of the boundaries of the electoral wards are available (in hard copy or on-line) from, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland and Falkirk Council.

(1)

1973 c.65. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).