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1.—(1) The title of this Order is the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2021.
(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022(1).
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I1Art. 1 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
2. In this Order—
“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council;
“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2);
any reference to a map means one of the 9 maps marked “Map of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” to “9”, 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
I3Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
3.—(1) The electoral wards of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
(2) The County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf is divided into 46 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972(3).
Commencement Information
I5Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
4. The part of the Ton-teg ward of the community of Llantwit Fardre shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the Church Village ward of the community of Llantwit Fardre.
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I7Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
5. The number of members to be elected for the Church Village ward of the community of Llantwit Fardre is 5.
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I9Art. 5 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
6. The community wards of Cefnyrhendy, Groes-faen, Maes-y-felin and Miskin in the community of Pont-y-clun are abolished.
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I11Art. 6 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
7. The community of Pont-y-clun is to be divided into the following wards—
(a)the Pontyclun East ward shown hatched on Map 2;
(b)the Pontyclun Central ward as shown hatched on Map 3;
(c)the Pontyclun West ward as shown hatched on Map 4.
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I13Art. 7 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
8. In the community of Pont-y-clun—
(a)the number of members to be elected for the Pontyclun East ward is 3;
(b)the number of members to be elected for the Pontyclun Central ward is 4;
(c)the number of members to be elected for the Pontyclun West ward is 4.
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I15Art. 8 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
9.—(1) The part of the community of Ystrad shown hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the community of Llwyn-y-pia.
(2) The part of the community of Trealaw shown cross-hatched on Map 5 is transferred to the community of Llwyn-y-pia.
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I17Art. 9 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
10. The part of the community of Pontypridd Town shown hatched on Map 6 is transferred to the community of Trehafod.
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I19Art. 10 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
11. The community wards of Hawthorn, Ilan, Rhydfelen Central, and Rhydfelen Lower in the community of Pontypridd Town are abolished.
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I21Art. 11 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
12. There are constituted the following community wards in the community of Pontypridd Town—
(a)the Rhydfelen Central ward shown hatched on Map 7;
(b)the Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen ward shown hatched on Map 8;
(c)the Upper Rhydfelen and Glyn-taf ward shown hatched on Map 9.
Commencement Information
I23Art. 12 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
13. In the community of Pontypridd Town—
(a)the number of members to be elected for the Rhydfelen Central ward is 2;
(b)the number of members to be elected for the Hawthorn and Lower Rhydfelen ward is 2;
(c)the number of members to be elected for the Upper Rhydfelen and Glyn-taf ward is 2;
(d)the number of members to be elected for the Rhondda ward is 3;
(e)the number of councillors to be elected for the Treforest ward is 3.
Commencement Information
I25Art. 13 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
22 September 2021
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