The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004

Made14th October 2004

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Electoral Commission1, in exercise of the powers conferred upon 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 District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004.

2

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

Amendment to the 2001 Order2

1

The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 20014 shall be amended as follows:

2

The entry for the area of the district ward of Manifold in column (2) of Schedule 1 shall be replaced by the words “The parishes of Butterton, Fawfieldhead, Grindon, Longnor, Onecote, Sheen, and Warslow and Elkstones”.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 14th day of October 2004

Sam YoungerChairman of the Commission14th October 2004

Jacqui DixonSecretary to the Commission14th October 2004

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 to give full effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands.

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.