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Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the publication of orders under this Part of this Act, the Secretary of State may, on the representation of a county council or the town council of a burgh within the county or a majority of the county councillors representing the landward area, and shall, so far as necessary for the purpose of giving effect to a direction under paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section four of this Act, by order alter—
(a)the number of county councillors; or
(b)the assignment of county councillors to the landward area and to each of the burghs within the county; or
(c)the number or contents and boundaries of the electoral divisions in the county;
and in making any such alteration the Secretary of State shall have regard to the population, the distribution and pursuits of the population, the area, and any other circumstances of the landward area and th6 burghs respectively which appear to him to affect the matter.
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