Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 2706

The District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2005

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 2706

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2005

	Made	29th September 2005
	Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Electoral Commission[1], in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 17[2] and 26[3] of the Local Government Act 1992, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2005.

    (2) This Order shall come into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Amendment to the 2001 Order
    2.—(1) The District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001[4] shall be amended as follows:

    (2) In article 1(5) for the penultimate sub-paragraph substitute the following—

"any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Revised (2005) Map referred to in the District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001", of which prints are available for inspection at—
(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of Stroud District Council.".

    (3) After article 12 shall be inserted—

"Maps
    12A.Stroud District Council shall make a print of the map marked "Revised (2005) Map referred to in the District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.".

Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


29th day of September 2005

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

29th September 2005


Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission

29th September 2005

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order substitutes a new map for that originally referred to in the District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001, in order to give full effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the district of Stroud.

That Order was made by the Secretary of State. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992, so far as they relate to electoral changes, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962) with effect from 1st April 2002.

Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Stroud District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW or may be viewed on the Boundary Committee for England's website at www.boundarycommittee.org.uk/your-area/stroud.cfm.

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Notes:

[1]The Electoral Commission was established by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41). The functions of the Secretary of State, under sections 13 to 15 and 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 (c.19), so far as they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission by the Local Government Commission for England (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[2]1992 c.19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.back

[3]This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[4]S.I. 2001/3883.back

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