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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Norfolk;

"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];

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Norfolk (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 Norfolk 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 Norfolk
     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.

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

    (2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Sprowston Central, Sprowston North East, Sprowston South East and Sprowston West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 2 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

    (3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Sprowston South East parish ward shall be seven, for the Sprowston Central parish ward shall be five, for the Sprowston West parish ward shall be two, and for the Sprowston North East parish ward shall be one.

Maps
     5. Norfolk County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2005" 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, 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
     7. The County of Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984[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 District of Breckland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3221), the District of Broadland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/157), the Borough of Great Yarmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3228), the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3227), the District of North Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/160), the City of Norwich (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3222) and the District of South Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3218).back

[7] See the County of Norfolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1752). The area of the county of Norfolk was altered by the Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/228).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. 1984/1752.back

[10] The parish of Morning Thorpe is the same as that referred to as "Morningthorpe" in S.I. 2002/3218.back

[11] The parish of Shelton and Hardwick is the same as that referred to as "Shelton" in S.I. 2002/3218.back

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