Statutory Instruments
Local Government, England
Made
12th December 2018
Laid before Parliament
14th December 2018
Coming into force
18th January 2019
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87 and 105 of the Local Government Act 2000(1) (“the 2000 Act”).
1. This Order may be cited as the Districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe (Changes to Years of Elections) Order 2018 and comes into force on 18th January 2019.
2. The following local authorities (“the relevant councils”) are specified under section 87 of the 2000 Act for the purposes of this Order —
(a)Aylesbury Vale District Council;
(b)Chiltern District Council;
(c)South Bucks District Council;
(d)Wycombe District Council;
(e)the parish councils within the district of Aylesbury Vale;
(f)the parish councils within the district of Chiltern;
(g)the parish councils within the district of South Bucks; and
(h)the parish councils within the district of Wycombe.
3. The ordinary elections of councillors of the relevant councils that would, but for this Order, have taken place on the ordinary day of election of councillors(2) in 2019 shall instead take place on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2020.
4. Any councillor of a relevant council holding office immediately before the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2019 who would, but for this Order, have retired on that date shall, unless the councillor resigns or the office of councillor otherwise becomes vacant, retire instead on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2020.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
12th December 2018
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order changes the years of the ordinary elections of councillors for the districts of Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks, Wycombe and the parish councils within those four districts (“the relevant councils”).
Article 2 specifies that this Order applies to Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe district councils and the parish councils within those four districts.
Article 3 provides that the ordinary election of councillors in the relevant councils, which would have taken place on 2019 will instead take place in 2020. The years in which subsequent ordinary elections of councillors in the relevant councils take place are not changed by this Order.
Article 4 provides that councillors, who would have retired in 2019, will instead retire in 2020.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared as this instrument will have no impact on costs of business and the voluntary sector.
For the definition of ordinary day of election of councillors of local government areas, see section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), para 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and section 60(1) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28).