The District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007.

(2) This Order comes into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007, on the day after that on which it is made;

(b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2007.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the district of Wansbeck;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

“map” means the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Wansbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2007”, of which prints are available for inspection at the principal office of the Electoral Commission;

“ordinary day of election of councillors” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1); and

“registration officer” means an officer appointed for the purpose of, and in accordance with, section 8(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

Wards of the district of Wansbeck

3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(3) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into eighteen wards which shall be named as set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

(3) Each ward shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (2) of the Schedule.

(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Map

4.  Wansbeck District Council shall make a print of the map available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral register

5.  The registration officer for the district shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the 25th day of January 2007

Sam Younger

Chairman of the Commission

25th January 2007

Peter Wardle

Chief Executive to the Commission

25th January 2007