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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013 No. 2277
3.—(1) The retirement date of a councillor who would regularly retire on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2014 shall be determined in accordance with article 2, even if, as a result of the change in the ordinary day of election, his or her term of office will be longer than the period specified in any enactment.
(2) The retirement date of a councillor who comes into office on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election in 2014 shall be unaffected by article 2, even if, as a result of the change in the ordinary day of election, his or her term of office will be shorter than the term specified in any enactment.
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