The County of Carmarthenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

Title and commencement E+W

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the County of Carmarthenshire (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 force 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 Carmarthenshire County Council;

“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2);

any reference to a map means one of the 2 maps marked “Map of the County of Carmarthenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” and “2”, 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 force in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

Electoral arrangements for the County of Carmarthenshire E+W

3.—(1) The electoral wards of the County of Carmarthenshire, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.

(2) The County of Carmarthenshire is divided into 51 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 force in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The town of Llanelli: abolition and creation of community wards E+W

4.  The community wards of Elli and Tyisha in the town of Llanelli, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.

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 force in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

5.  There are constituted the following community wards in the town of Llanelli—

(a) the Elli ward shown hatched on Map 1;

(b) the Tyisha ward shown hatched on Map 2.

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 force in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)

The town of Llanelli: consequential changes to electoral arrangements E+W

6.  In the town of Llanelli—

(a) the number of members to be elected for the Elli ward is 2;

(b) the number of members to be elected for the Tyisha ward is 4.

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 force 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