The District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Changes)Order 2002

• Citation: S.I. 2002/3224
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.

(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 the day after that on which it is made;

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

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“district” means the district of Malvern Hills;

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

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of Malvern Hills District Council; and

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Section 3 Wards of the district of Malvern Hills

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

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

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or, where an area is not so described, the area 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 (3) 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 4 Wards of the parish of Malvern

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

(2) The parish shall be divided into six 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, and 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 5 Wards of the parish of Malvern Wells

(1) The existing wards of the parish of Malvern Wells shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names All Saints and St Peters; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the St Peters parish ward shall be seven and for the All Saints parish ward shall be six.

Section 6 Numbers of parish councillors

The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of Pendock shall be seven.

Section 7 Maps

Malvern Hills District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Section 8 Electoral registers

The Electoral Registration Officer for the district shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Section 9 Revocation

Article 6 of the Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 is revoked.