The County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 No. 1080 (W. 255)

Title and commencement E+W

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).

Commencement Information

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

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

Interpretation E+W

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

I3 Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I4 Art. 2 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

Electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf E+W

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

I5 Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I6 Art. 3 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Llantwit Fardre: changes to community ward boundaries E+W

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.

Commencement Information

I7 Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I8 Art. 4 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Llantwit Fardre: consequential changes to electoral arrangements E+W

5.  The number of members to be elected for the Church Village ward of the community of Llantwit Fardre is 5.

Commencement Information

I9 Art. 5 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I10 Art. 5 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Pont-y-clun: abolition and creation of community wards E+W

6.  The community wards of Cefnyrhendy, Groes-faen, Maes-y-felin and Miskin in the community of Pont-y-clun are abolished.

Commencement Information

I11 Art. 6 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I12 Art. 6 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

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.

Commencement Information

I13 Art. 7 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I14 Art. 7 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Pont-y-clun: consequential changes to electoral arrangements E+W

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.

Commencement Information

I15 Art. 8 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I16 Art. 8 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The communities of Llwyn-y-pia, Trealaw and Ystrad: changes to community boundaries E+W

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.

Commencement Information

I17 Art. 9 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I18 Art. 9 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The communities of Trehafod and Pontypridd Town: changes to community boundaries E+W

10.  The part of the community of Pontypridd Town shown hatched on Map 6 is transferred to the community of Trehafod.

Commencement Information

I19 Art. 10 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I20 Art. 10 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Pontypridd Town: abolition and creation of community wards E+W

11.  The community wards of Hawthorn, Ilan, Rhydfelen Central, and Rhydfelen Lower in the community of Pontypridd Town are abolished.

Commencement Information

I21 Art. 11 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I22 Art. 11 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

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

I23 Art. 12 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I24 Art. 12 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The community of Pontypridd Town: consequential changes to electoral arrangements E+W

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

I25 Art. 13 in force at 1.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)

I26 Art. 13 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

22 September 2021