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The Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations apply only for the purposes of an election for which the date of poll is on or after 5 May 2022.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the electoral ward map” for an individual electoral ward described in the table is the map held by Boundaries Scotland(1) marked with the following information—
(a)
the title of these Regulations, and
(b)
the name of the electoral ward,
“the Orkney Islands area map” means the map, showing the boundaries of all 6 electoral wards described in the table, which is held by Boundaries Scotland(2) and marked with the following information—
(a)
the title of these Regulations, and
(b)
the words “Map of all electoral wards in the Orkney Islands”,
“the table” means the table in the schedule of these Regulations.
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted by these Regulations.
(3) Where a boundary is shown on the Orkney Islands area map or the electoral ward map for any electoral ward as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
Electoral arrangements
3.—(1) The area of Orkney Islands Council is divided into the 6 electoral wards listed in column 2 of the table.
(2) The number of an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 1 of the table.
(3) The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table.
(4) The boundaries of all 6 electoral wards described in the table are as shown on the Orkney Islands area map.
(5) The boundaries of each electoral ward described in the table are shown in more detail on the electoral ward map for that electoral ward.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th October 2021
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