Citation, and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Carrick (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.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means the District of Carrick;

“existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Carrick (Electoral Changes) Order 2002”, of which prints are available for inspection at—

(a)the principal office of the Electoral Commission

(b)the offices of Carrick District Council; and

any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.

Wards of the District of Carrick

3.—(1) The existing wards of the district(6) shall be abolished.

(2) The district shall be divided into nineteen wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 1.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to parishes or, where an area is not so described, the area 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 (3) of that 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.

Wards of the parish of Chacewater

4.  The parish of Chacewater shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 2; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Falmouth

5.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Falmouth shall be abolished.

(2) The parish shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Arwenack, Boslowick, Penwerris and Trescobeas; and each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward bearing the same name.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Trescobeas shall be three, for each of the parish wards of Boslowick and Penwerris shall be four, and for the parish ward of Arwenack shall be five.

Wards of the parish of Kenwyn

6.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Kenwyn shall be abolished.

(2) The parish of Kenwyn shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Gloweth, Shortlanesend and Threemilestone; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet (8) by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for each of the parish wards of Gloweth and Shortlanesend shall be three, and for the parish ward of Threemilestone shall be eight.

Wards of the parish of St Newlyn East

7.  The parish of St Newlyn East shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 3; each parish ward shall comprise the area of the district ward specified in respect of the parish ward in column (2) of that Schedule; and the number of councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule.

Wards of the parish of Truro

8.—(1) The existing wards of the parish of Truro shall be abolished.

(2) The parish of Truro shall be divided into four parish wards which shall bear the names Boscawen, Moresk, Tregolls and Trehaverne; the parish wards of Boscawen, Moresk and Tregolls shall comprise the area of the district wards of the same name, and the Trehaverne parish ward shall consist of the rest of the parish.

(3) The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be six.

Numbers of parish councillors

9.  The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Kea shall be eight, and for the parish ward of Baldhu shall be four.

Maps

10.  Carrick District Council shall make a print of the map marked “Map referred to in the District of Carrick (Electoral Changes) Order 2002” available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral Registers

11.  The Electoral Registration Officer(7) for the district shall make such rearrangement of, or adaption of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Revocation

12.  The District of Carrick (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978(8) is revoked, save for article 5.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2WARDS OF THE PARISH OF CHACEWATER

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Article 7

SCHEDULE 3WARDS OF THE PARISH OF ST NEWLYN EAST

NAMES AND AREAS OF WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Boundary Committee for England, a committee of the Electoral Commission, for electoral changes in the District of Carrick. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 1st May 2003.

Article 3 abolishes the existing wards of the district and provides for the creation of 19 new wards. That article and Schedule 1 also make provision for the names and areas of, and numbers of councillors for, the new wards.

Articles 4 to 8 make electoral changes in the parishes of Chacewater, Falmouth, Kenwyn, St Newlyn East and Truro.

Article 9 makes provision for the number of parish councillors in the parish wards of Baldhu and Kea.

Article 11 obliges the Electoral Registration officer to make any necessary amendments to the electoral register to reflect the new electoral arrangements.

Article 12 revokes the District of Carrick (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (S.I 1978/1370), with the exception of article 5.

The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2. Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Carrick District Council and at the principal office of the Electoral Commission at Trevelyan House, Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW.