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Interpretation
     2. In this Order -

"county" means the county of Dorset;

"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 Dorset (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 Dorset County Council.

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

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

    (3) The electoral divisions shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of that Schedule by reference to wards, parishes, or parish wards or, where an area is not so described, the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the electoral division and demarcated by red lines; 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 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 Symondsbury
     4. The parish of Symondsbury 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 electoral division 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.

Maps
     5. Dorset County Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the County of Dorset (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 Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983[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 Christchurch (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2241), the District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2238), the District of North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2239), the District of Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2159), the District of West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2370), and the Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2368), as amended by the Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1090).back

[7] See the County of Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/830). The area of the county of Dorset was altered by the Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1213), the Dorset and Somerset (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/286), the Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2247), and the Dorset (Boroughs of Poole and Bournemouth) (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1771).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. 1983/830.back

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