The District of Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/3295
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into force—

(a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;

(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.

(3) In this Order—

“district” means the district of Ashfield;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2000”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 .

Section 2 Wards of the district of Ashfield

(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into fifteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (2) of that Schedule.

(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Section 3 Wards of the parish of Selston

(1) The parish of Selston shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Section 4 Revocation

The District of Ashfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 and articles 3(1)(b) and 3(2)(b) of the Nottinghamshire (District Boundaries) Order 1988 are hereby revoked.