Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Aberdeen City (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order–
(a)a reference to–
(i)an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii)a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b)the following abbreviations are used:–
“EW” for electoral ward;
“NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3. The area of Aberdeen City Council shall be divided into 43 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
4th December 1998