7.—(1) The ordinary election of councillors of the district councils of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire shall be held in 1995 and in every fourth year thereafter.
(2) The East Riding of Yorkshire shall be represented by 67 councillors and divided into 26 wards as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(3) North Lincolnshire shall be represented by 42 councillors and divided into 15 wards as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
(4) North East Lincolnshire shall be represented by 42 councillors and divided into 14 wards as set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.
(5) The term of office of such councillors shall be four years and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the day of the ordinary election of councillors in the year of retirement, and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
(6)At the ordinary election in 1995
(a)the returning officer for the election to the district council of the East Riding of Yorkshire shall be the returning officer appointed by Beverley Borough Council for the existing district of Beverley;
(b)the returning officer for the election to the district council of North East Lincolnshire shall be the returning officer appointed by Great Grimsby Borough Council for the existing district of Great Grimsby; and
(c)the returning officer for the election to the district council of North Lincolnshire shall be the returning officer appointed by Glanford Borough Council for the existing district of Glanford.
(7) Section 36(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1) (payment of election expenses) shall not apply to that election.
(8) All expenditure properly incurred by the returning officer in relation to the holding of the election to the East Riding of Yorkshire District Council shall be paid by the councils of the districts of Beverley, Boothferry, East Yorkshire and Holderness in such proportions as may be agreed between them or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(9) All expenditure properly incurred by the returning officer in relation to the holding of the election to North Lincolnshire District Council shall be paid by the councils of the districts of Boothferry, Glanford and Scunthorpe in such proportions as may be agreed between them or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(10) All expenditure properly incurred by the returning officer in relation to the holding of the election to North East Lincolnshire District Council shall be paid by the councils of the districts of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes in such proportions as may be agreed between them or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(11) In relation to those elections, “the appropriate officer”, in Parts II and III of the 1983 Act does not have the meaning given by section 67(7) of that Act but means the returning officer for that election.