The County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021

• Citation: S.I. 2021/1081 (W.)
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) The title of this Order is the County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.

(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on 1 October 2021.

(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022 .

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“electoral ward” (“ ward etholiadol ”) means any area for which members are elected to Powys County Council;

“the Regulations” (“ y Rheoliadau ”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 ;

any reference to a map means one of the 2 maps marked “Map of the County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” and “2”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;

where a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature;

words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 , except so far as a contrary intention appears.

Section 3 Electoral arrangements for the County of Powys

(1) The electoral wards of the County of Powys, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.

(2) The County of Powys is divided into 60 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.

(3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.

(4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.

(5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 .

Section 4 The community of Welshpool: changes to community wards

In the community of Welshpool—

(a) the part of the Llanerchyddol ward shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the Castle ward;

(b) the part of the Gungrog ward shown cross-hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the Castle ward;

(c) the part of the Gungrog ward shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the Llanerchyddol ward.

Section 5 The community of Welshpool: consequential changes to electoral arrangements

In the community of Welshpool—

(a) the number of members to be elected for the Castle ward is 5;

(b) the number of members to be elected for the Gungrog ward is 5;

(c) the number of members to be elected for the Llanerchyddol ward is 5.