PART 5ELECTORAL MATTERS
Cancellation of elections11
1
Notwithstanding section 7(8) and (9) of the 1972 Act (elections of councillors)—
a
elections shall not be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2010 for the return of councillors to Exeter City Council; and
b
the term of office of all councillors elected to Exeter City Council before the 2011 election day shall end on the fourth day after the 2011 election day.
2
Nothing in section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of councillors) shall authorise the holding of an election to fill a casual vacancy in any of the Exeter county electoral divisions where that vacancy arises after 30th September 2010 and before 1st April 2011.