Cancellation of parish council elections, etc
13.—(1) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—
(a)elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to the council of the parish of Ludgvan or Towednack(1);
(b)elections of parish councillors for the parishes of Ludgvan and Towednack shall be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and
(c)the term of office of councillors elected to those parishes in 2003 or at any subsequent by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009, shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009(2).
(2) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—
(a)elections shall not be held in 2011 for the return of councillors to the council of any parish within Cornwall;
(b)elections of parish councillors for those parishes in which, but for sub-paragraph (a), elections would have been held in 2011 shall be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013 and every four years thereafter.
(c)the term of office of parish councillors elected in 2007 or at any subsequent by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013, shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013.
Elections in those parishes were moved from 2007 to 2008 by the District of Penwith (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2593).
Under section 16(3) of the Local Government Act 1972, the term of office of parish councillors is four years.