Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 2677

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

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

Made

14th October 2004

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 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 Order

2.—(1) The District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001(4) 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

L.S.

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

14th October 2004

Jacqui Dixon

Secretary to the Commission

14th October 2004

Explanatory Note

(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.

(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. 2001/1448.