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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Wiltshire;

"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 wards in the county[6].

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

    (2) The county shall be divided into forty-six 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 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.

Electoral registers
     4. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for each district 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 Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order (1993)[9] is revoked.



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 Kennet (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2922), the District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2923), the District of Salisbury (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2924), and the District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2926).back

[7] See the County of Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/679). The area of the county of Wiltshire was altered by the Wiltshire (Borough of Thamesdown) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1774).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. 1993/679.back

[10] The parish of Bishopstrow is the same as that referred to as "Bishopston" in S.I. 1999/2926.back

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