The ordinary election of councillors of the district councils of Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire shall be held in 1995 and in every fourth year thereafter.

Bath and North East Somerset shall be represented by 65 councillors and divided into 36 wards, as set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

South Gloucestershire shall be represented by 70 councillors and divided into 38 wards, as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

The term of office of such councillors shall be four years and all councillors shall retire on the fourth day after the day of the ordinary election of councillors in the year of retirement, and the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.

Section 36(4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”)8 (payment of election expenses) shall not apply to that election.

All expenditure properly incurred by the returning officer in relation to the holding of the election to Bath and North East Somerset District Council shall be paid by the councils of the districts of Bath and Wansdyke in such proportions as may be agreed between them or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

All expenditure properly incurred by the returning officer in relation to the holding of the election to South Gloucestershire District Council shall be paid by the councils of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon in such proportions as may be agreed between them or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

In relation to those elections, “the appropriate officer”, in Parts II and III of the 1983 Act does not have the meaning given by section 67(7) of that Act but means the returning officer for that election.