Title, commencement and interpretation
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The title of this Order is the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
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For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 , this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.
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For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022 .
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In this Order—
- “electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council;
- words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.

Electoral arrangements for the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
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The electoral wards of the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
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The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil is divided into 11 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
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Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
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The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
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The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 .
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
4 October 2021
S.I. 1976/246. Section 74(3) of the 2013 Act provides that these Regulations continue to have effect in relation to orders made under Part 3 of the 2013 Act, as if those orders were made under Part 4 of the 1972 Act.
The Local Authorities (Change to the Years of Ordinary Elections) (Wales) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1269 (W. 220)) amends section 26(1) of the 1972 Act to provide that the year in which the ordinary elections of councillors of local authorities shall take place is 2022 instead of 2021.
1972 c. 70; section 58 of the 1972 Act was repealed by section 73(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2013 Act, subject to savings provisions specified in section 74 of the 2013 Act.
Art. 1 in force at 6.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
Art. 2 in force at 6.10.2021 for specified purposes, see art. 1(2)
Art. 1 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)
Art. 2 in force at 5.5.2022 in so far as not already in force, see art. 1(3)
Words in art. 1(4) substituted (25.6.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 14