The District of Preseli (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/301
• Sections: 5

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the District of Preseli (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987.

Section 2

This Order shall come into force on 7th May 1987, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day it shall come into force forthwith.

Section 3

(1) The existing wards of the District of Preseli shall be abolished and that district shall be divided into thirty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and each such ward shall comprise the areas specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1, which areas are:—

(a) in the case of a ward of a community, the areas demarcated by green lines on the boundary map referred to in the Preseli (Communities) Order 1987 and designated on that map by reference to the names of the wards of the communities as set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to that Order, and

(b) in the case of a community, the areas demarcated by red lines on the boundary map referred to in the Preseli (Communities) Order 1987 and designated on that map by reference to the names of the communities as set out in paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of Article 6 of that Order.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each such ward shall be the number specified in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order opposite to the name of the ward as given in column 1 of that Schedule.

Section 4

The ordinary elections of all councillors for the District of Preseli shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 1987 and every fourth year thereafter.

Section 5

The registration officer shall make such re-arrangement or alteration of the register of local government electors as may be necessary on account of the coming into force of this Order.