The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 711

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003

Made

13th March 2003

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Electoral Commission(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 17 (2) and 26 (3) of the Local Government Act 1992, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and Commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003.

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

Amendment to the 2002 Order

2.—(1) The District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002(4) shall be amended as follows:

(2) In article 6 (4), “Babraham,” , “Great Abington,”, “Little Abington,”, “Pampisford,” , and “West Wickham,” shall be omitted, and “and Westwick” shall be inserted after the word “Oakington”.(5)

(3) In article 6 (5) “Babraham,” shall be inserted before the word “Barrington”, and “Grantchester, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford” shall be substituted for “and Grantchester”.

(4) In article 6 (7), “Babraham,” shall be inserted before the word “Barrington”, and “, Grantchester, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford” shall be substituted for “and Grantchester”.

(5) In article 6 (8), “Ditton” shall be substituted for “Bitton”.

(6) The following shall be substituted for article 6 (10):

• “Rule 8 of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986 (6) (filling of casual vacancies) shall have effect, in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 7^th May 2007 in the office of a parish councillor for the parishes of Babraham, Barrington, Barton, Great Abington, Little Abington, Pampisford and Grantchester as if the references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to 7^th May 2007; and in the case of a casual vacancy occurring before 6^th May 2008 in the office of a parish councillor for the parishes of Fen Ditton, Harston, Haslingfield, Horningsea, Great and Little Chishill, Great Eversden and Little Eversden, Harlton, Heydon, Histon, Impington, Newton, Sawston and Whaddon as if the references in paragraphs (1) and (4) of that rule to the day on which that councillor would regularly have retired were a reference to 6^th May 2008.”

Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission

Pamela Gordon

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Glyn Mathias

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Neil McIntosh

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Karamjit Singh

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Sam Younger

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Graham Zellick

Commissioner

13th March 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the District of South Cambridgeshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 by making amendments to the provision for certain parish elections including providing for the parishes of Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington, Pampisford and West Wickham to hold elections in 2007 rather than 2006, and by taking account of the creation of the parish of Oakington and Westwick by the South Cambridgeshire (Parishes) Order 1984.

(1)

The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), so far as they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962).

(2)

1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.

(3)

This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.

(4)

S.I. 2002/2374.

(5)

The parish of Oakington and Westwick was formed by the South Cambridgeshire (Parishes) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1877).

(6)

S.I. 1986/2215, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.