Name and commencement

1.—(1) This Order is called the Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2004, which is the appointed day for the purposes of the Regulations, except that for the purposes set out in Regulation 4(1) of the Regulations this Order comes into force on 1 December 2003.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order —

“boundary map A” (“map ffiniau A”) means the map prepared by the National Assembly for Wales and marked “Map A of the Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Regulations;

“boundary map B” (“map ffiniau B”) means the map prepared by the National Assembly for Wales and marked “Map B of the Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Regulations;

“Denbighshire” (“Sir Dinbych”) means the County of Denbighshire; and

“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(1).

Changes in Community Areas

3.—(1) Those parts of the community of Rhuddlan in Denbighshire and shown hatched in black on boundary maps A and B are separated from that community and form part of the community of Rhyl.

(2) That part of the community of Dyserth in Denbighshire and shown cross hatched in black on boundary map B is separated from that community and forms part of the community of Prestatyn.

(3) That part of the community of Rhuddlan in Denbighshire and shown shaded in black on boundary map B is separated from that community and forms part of the community of Prestatyn.

Changes to Wards

4.—(1) The South ward of the community of Rhyl is expanded to include the area shown hatched in black on boundary map A.

(2) The South East ward of the community of Rhyl is expanded to include the area shown hatched in black on boundary map B.

(3) The South West ward of the community of Prestatyn is expanded to include the area shown cross-hatched in black and the area shown shaded in black on map B.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

Sue Essex

Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services

28th November 2003