The Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002

Made2nd December 2002

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Electoral Commission1, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 172 and 263 of the Local Government Act 1992, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002.

2

This Order shall come into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Amendment to the 2001 Order2

1

The Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) Order 20014 shall be amended as follows.

2

In article 3, there shall be inserted after the end of (3), and before the beginning of (4), the following:

3A
Of the councillors elected in 2002 for any ward of the borough, one shall retire in 2003, one in 2004 and one in 2006.

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela GordonCommissioner2nd December 2002

Glyn MathiasCommissioner2nd December 2002

Neil McIntoshCommissioner2nd December 2002

Karamjit SinghCommissioner2nd December 2002

Sam YoungerCommissioner2nd December 2002

Graham ZellickCommissioner2nd December 2002

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 by inserting necessary provision for the years of retirement of borough councillors, which had been omitted from that Order.

That Order was made by the Secretary of State. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, so far as they relate to electoral changes, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/3962) with effect from 1st April 2002.