(1) This Order is called the County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
(2) This Order will come into force:
(a) for the purposes of proceedings, preliminary or relating to any election to be held on the 6th May 2004, on the 9th October 2003, and
(b) for all other purposes, on 6th May 2004.
(3) In this Orderβ
βthe Actβ (β y Ddeddf β) means the Local Government Act 1972;
βelectoral divisionβ (β adran etholiadol β) means an electoral division of the County Borough of Newport as constituted by the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 .
S.I. 2002/3276 (W.)
The County Borough of Newport (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3276 (W.))
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales was required by section 64(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as substituted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994) to review the electoral arrangements as soon as practicable after the first elections to unitary authorities in May 1995.
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(1) The existing electoral divisions of the County Borough of Newport specified in the Schedule to the County Borough of Newport Electoral Arrangements Order 1994 are abolished.
(2) For the purposes of the elections of councillors for the County Borough of Newport, that County Borough shall be divided into 20 electoral divisions bearing the names specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this order, and each such electoral division shall comprise the area specified in column (2) of that Schedule.
(3) The number of councillors to be returned for each such electoral division shall be the number specified in relation to the division in column (3) of the Schedule to this Order.
The registration officer shall make such re-arrangements or adaptation of the register of local government electors as may be necessary due to the coming into force of this Order.
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