Title and commencement
1.—(1) The title of this Order is the County Borough of Caerphilly (Electoral Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2022.
(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).
S.I. 1976/246. Section 74(3) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 provides that these Regulations continue to have effect in relation to orders made under Part 3 of that Act, as if those orders were made under Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (“the 1972 Act”).
The Local Authorities (Change to the Years of Ordinary Elections) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1269 (W. 220)) amends section 26(1) of the 1972 Act to provide that the year in which the ordinary elections of councillors of local authorities shall take place is 2022 instead of 2021.