2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the scheme for the ordinary elections of councillors for all wards of the Borough of Doncaster shall be a scheme under which—
(a)the term of office of councillors is four years;
(b)the elections are held in a given year and every fourth year after it;
(c)all the councillors are elected in each year in which the elections are held; and
(d)the councillors retire together.
(2) The first ordinary elections of councillors under the scheme referred to in paragraph (1) shall be held in 2015.
(3) The councillors holding office for any ward of the Borough immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2015 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.
(4) Subsequent ordinary elections of councillors under the scheme referred to in paragraph (1) shall be held in 2017 and every fourth year after 2017.
(5) The councillors holding office for any ward of the Borough immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2017 shall retire on that date and the newly elected councillors for those wards shall come into office on that date.