The City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

Interpretation E+W

2.  In this Order—

“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Swansea City and County Council;

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

any reference to a map means one of the 6 maps marked “Map of the City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “6”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;

where a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature;

words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I2 Art. 2 in force at 5.5.2022 in force in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

(1)

S.I. 1976/246. Section 74(3) of the 2013 Act provides that the Regulations continue to have effect in relation to orders made under Part 3 of the 2013 Act, as if those orders were made under Part 4 of the 1972 Act.