The County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.

(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(1), this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022(2).

(4) In this Order—

“electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Torfaen County Borough Council;

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.

Electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Torfaen

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

(2) The County Borough of Torfaen is divided into 18 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listen 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).

Rebecca Evans

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

11 October 2021