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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Staffordshire;

"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;

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county[6];

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", of which prints are available for inspection at -

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

(b) the offices of Staffordshire County Council; and

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

Electoral divisions of the county of Staffordshire
     3.  - (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[7] shall be abolished.

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

    (3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the 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.

Wards of the parish of Rugeley
     4.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Rugeley shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Etching Hill, Hagley, Western Springs North and Western Springs South; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

    (3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Etching Hill parish ward shall be seven, for each of the Hagley and Western Springs North parish wards shall be five and for the Western Springs South parish ward shall be two.

Maps
     5. Staffordshire County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers
     6. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] 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
     7. The County of Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980[9] is revoked, save for article 5.



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] 1992 c. 19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] 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

[4] 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

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

[6] See the District of Cannock Chase (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1442), the Borough of East Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1443) as amended by the East Staffordshire (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1060), the District of Lichfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1444), the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1445), the District of South Staffordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1446), the Borough of Stafford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1447), the District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1448) as amended by the District of Staffordshire Moorlands (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2677), and the Borough of Tamworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1450).back

[7] See the County of Staffordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1702). The area of the county of Staffordshire was altered by the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/311) as amended by the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/48), the Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/402), the Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/492), and the Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1779).back

[8] 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

[9] S.I. 1980/1702.back

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