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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Derbyshire;

"existing", in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county[5].

Electoral divisions of the county of Derbyshire
     3.  - (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[6] shall be abolished.

    (2) The county shall be divided into sixty-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

    (3) Each electoral division shall comprise the area described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be one.

Electoral registers
     4. The Electoral Registration Officer[7] for each district or borough in the county 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.

Revocation
     5. The County of Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1980)[8] is revoked, save for article 4.



Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


28th day of October 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

28th October 2004


Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission

28th October 2004

[2] The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[3] This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.back

[4] This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[5] See the Borough of Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2690), the District of Bolsover (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2691), the Borough of Chesterfield (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2692), the District of Derbyshire Dales (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2693), the Borough of Erewash (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2694), the Borough of High Peak (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2695), the District of North East Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2696), and the District of South Derbyshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2697).back

[6] See the County of Derbyshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1985). The area of the county of Derbyshire was altered by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (Areas) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/120), the Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/309), the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/311), the Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2464), the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2092), the Derbyshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/393), the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/729), and the Derbyshire (City of Derby) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1773).back

[7] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2).back

[8] S.I. 1980/1985.back

[9] The area of the parish of Shipley was altered by the Amber Valley (Parishes) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1939).back

[10] The area of the parish of Horsley was altered by S.I. 2003/1939.back

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