Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.
(2) This Order shall come into force—
(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 3rd May 2001, on 10th October 2000;
(b)for all other purposes, on 3rd May 2001.
(3) In this Order—
“county” means the county of Cheshire;
“existing”, in relation to a division or ward, means the division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to borough, city and district wards in the county(1); and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the County of Cheshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(2).
See the City of Chester (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2866), the Borough of Congleton (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2843), the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2845), the Borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2844), the Borough of Macclesfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2847) and the Borough of Vale Royal (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2846).
S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.