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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Lancashire;

"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, borough and city wards in the county[6]; and

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005", of which prints are available for inspection at -

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

(b) the offices of Lancashire County Council.

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

    (2) The county shall be divided into eighty-four 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 one.

    (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.

Maps
     4. Lancashire County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers
     5. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for each district, borough or city 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
     6. The County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981[9] is revoked, save for article 5.



Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


1st day of February 2005

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

1st February 2005


Peter Wardle
Chief Executive to the Commission

1st February 2005

[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 Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2473) as amended by the Borough of Burnley (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2992, the Borough of Chorley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2474), the Borough of Fylde (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2475), the Borough of Hyndburn (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2469), the City of Lancaster (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2470), the Borough of Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2471), the Borough of Preston (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2472), the Borough of Ribble Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2429), the Borough of Rossendale (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2430), the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2431) as amended by the Borough of South Ribble (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1031), the District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2432) and the Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2433).back

[7] See the County of Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/43). The area of the county of Lancashire was altered by the Greater Manchester and Lancashire (Areas) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1649), the Cumbria and Lancashire (County Boundaries) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2179), the Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/378), the Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/436), the Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1206) and the Lancashire (Boroughs of Blackburn and Blackpool) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1868).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. 1981/43.back

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