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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the borough of Great Yarmouth. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 6th May 2004.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 17 new wards.

Article 4 makes provision for a whole council election in 2004 and for reversion to elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 regulates the order of retirement of councillors.

Articles 5 to 8 makes electoral changes in the parishes of Bradwell, Caister-on-Sea, Hopton-on-Sea and Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby.

Article 9 provides for the election of parish councillors in the borough.

Article 11 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 12 revokes the Borough of Great Yarmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/710), with the exception of articles 8 and 9(9).

The areas of the new wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Great Yarmouth Borough Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.