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6 Term of office and retirement of councillors.E
(1)Councillors for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the [Representation of the People Act 1983].
(2)For the purposes of the election of councillors—
(a)every [non-metropolitan] county shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning (subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act [and subject to [section 56(8) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009][and section 12(4) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007]]) one councillor;
[(b)every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided as mentioned in subsection (3) below;]
(c)every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided [as mentioned in subsection (3) below];
and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.
[(3)The number of councillors referred to in subsection (2)(b) or (c) above may be provided—
(a)under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below;
(b)by an order under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19) [or Part 3 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009];
(c)by an order under section 14 of the Local Government and Rating Act 1997 (c. 29);
(d)by an order under Part 1 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.]
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