1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
(2) This article and article 2 shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(3) The provisions of this Order, other than this article and article 2, shall come into force—
(a)for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002;
(b)for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(4) In this Order—
“district” means the district of New Forest;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(1); and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.