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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002.
(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 the day after that on which it is made;
(b)for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
2. In this Order—
“city” means the city of Leicester;
“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and
any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—
(a)the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and
(b)the offices of Leicester City Council.
3.—(1) The existing wards of the city(1) shall be abolished.
(2) The city shall be divided into twenty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.
(3) The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be the number specified in respect of the ward in column (2) of the Schedule.
(4) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.
4. Leicester City Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
5. The Electoral Registration Officer(2) for the city shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
6. The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979(3) is revoked.
Signed by the members of the Electoral Commission
Pamela Gordon
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Glyn Mathias
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Neil McIntosh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Karamjit Singh
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Sam Younger
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
Graham Zellick
Commissioner
2nd December 2002
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