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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of East Sussex;

"existing", in relation to an electoral division or ward, means the electoral division or ward as it exists on the date this Order is made;

references to wards, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to district and borough wards in the county[6];

any reference to the map is a reference to the map marked "Map referred to in the County of East Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", of which prints are available for inspection at -

(a) the principal office of the Electoral Commission; and

(b) the offices of East Sussex County Council; and

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

Electoral divisions of the county of East Sussex
     3.  - (1) The existing electoral divisions of the county[7] shall be abolished.

    (2) The county shall be divided into forty-four electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule.

    (3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards and the number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division shall be the number specified in respect of the electoral division in column (3) of the 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 Newhaven
     4.  - (1) The existing wards of the parish of Newhaven shall be abolished.

    (2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Newhaven Denton, Newhaven Meeching and Newhaven Valley; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 1 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.

    (3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Newhaven Meeching parish ward shall be seven, for the Newhaven Valley parish ward shall be six, and for the Newhaven Denton parish ward shall be five.

Maps
     5. East Sussex County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of East Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2004" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.

Electoral registers
     6. The Electoral Registration Officer[8] for each district or borough in the county shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.

Revocation
     7. The County of East Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982[9] is revoked, save for article 5.



Sealed with the seal of the Electoral Commission on the


9th day of December 2004

L.S.

Sam Younger
Chairman of the Commission

9th December 2004


Jacqui Dixon
Secretary to the Commission

9th December 2004

[2] 1992 c.19. This section has been amended by S.I. 2001/3962.back

[3] 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), to the extent that they relate to electoral changes within the meaning of that Act, were transferred with modifications to the Electoral Commission on 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3962).back

[4] This section has been amended by section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), S.I. 2001/3962 and also otherwise in ways not relevant to this Order.back

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

[6] See the Borough of Eastbourne (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4057), the Borough of Hastings (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4056), the District of Lewes (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4052), the District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4054), and the District of Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/4053).back

[7] See the County of East Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/535). The area of the county of East Sussex was altered by the East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2096), the Kent and East Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1742), and the East Sussex (Boroughs of Brighton and Hove) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1770).back

[8] As to electoral registration officers and the register of local government electors, see sections 8 to 13 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).back

[9] S.I. 1982/535.back

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