(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect, with modifications, to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the district of Horsham. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.
The modifications relate to the boundary between Chactonbury and Chantry wards, the naming of Horsham Park ward, and the distribution of parish councillors for North Horsham parish.
Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of twenty two new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.
Articles 4 and 5 make electoral changes in the parishes of Henfield and North Horsham.
Article 7 obliges the Electoral Registration Officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.
Article 8 revokes the District of Horsham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1861) with the exception of article 8.
The areas of the new district wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Horsham District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.