Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I (ss. 1-61) applied (1.4.1996) by 1990 c. 35, s. 21(5) (as inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 164(2)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
(1)Councillors for each local government area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Part of this Act and the Representation of the M1People Act 1983.
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43 of that Act of 1983 (day of ordinary local elections in Scotland), the first ordinary election of councillors for each council other than the councils of Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Western Isles shall take place on 6th April 1995.
(3)The second ordinary election of councillors shall take place in 1999, and ordinary elections shall take place every third year thereafter.
(4)Councillors shall retire on the day of the ordinary election next following the date on which they were elected.
(5)Each local government area shall be divided into electoral wards, and each such ward shall return one councillor.
(6)There shall be a separate election for each electoral ward.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1973 c. 65, s. 235(1) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(66)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1988 c. 47, s. 22(2) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 158(3)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
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