1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Rochford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
(2) This article and articles 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 shall come into force—
(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 15th October 2001;
(b)for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.
(3) Articles 4, 5 and 6 shall come into force—
(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Ashingdon, Great Wakering, and Hawkwell, on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002;
(b)for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(4) Articles 7 and 8 shall come into force—
(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Hockley and Rayleigh on 6th May 2004, on 15th October 2003;
(b)for all other purposes, on 6th May 2004.
(5) In this Order—
“district” means the district of Rochford;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Rochford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1); and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.