Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Borough of Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
2
This Order shall come into force—
a
for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 15th October 2002;
b
for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
3
In this Order—
“borough” means the borough of Dartford;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;
any reference to the map is a reference to the map prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the Borough of Dartford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”; and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 19944; and
any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.