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(1) This Order may be cited as the District of Maldon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
(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 15th October 2002;
(b) for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003.
(3) In this Order—
 “district” means the district of Maldon;
 “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 prepared by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Maldon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994; andany reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number.
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(1) The existing wards of the district shall be abolished.
(2) The district shall be divided into seventeen 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.
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(1) The ordinary elections of all councillors of the district of Maldon shall be held simultaneously on the ordinary day of election of non-metropolitan district councillors in 2003 and every fourth year after 2003.
(2) The term of office of councillors shall be four years; and all councillors shall retire on the day after the ordinary day of 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.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Burnham-on-Crouch shall be abolished.
(2) The parish 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 five.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Maldon shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into four 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.
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The parish of Mayland shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 4; 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.
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The parish of Tollesbury shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of Schedule 5; 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.
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(1) The existing wards of the parish of Heybridge shall be abolished.
(2) The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Basin, East and West; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet seven by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines.
(3) The number of councillors to be elected for the Basin parish ward shall be one, for the East parish ward shall be five, and for the West parish ward shall be six.
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The number of parish councillors to be elected for the parish of St. Lawrence shall be seven.
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The District of Maldon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of Statefor Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Alan Whitehead
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport,Local Government and the Regions
4th July 2001
SCHEDULE 1
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(1) Name of Ward (2) Area of Ward (3) Number of Councillors
Althorne  2
Burnham-on-Crouch North  2
Burnham-on-Crouch South  2
Great Totham The parishes of Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham 2
Heybridge East  2
Heybridge West  2
Maldon East  1
Maldon North  2
Maldon South  2
Maldon West  2
Mayland  2
Purleigh The parishes of Cold Norton, North Fambridge, Purleigh and Stow Maries 2
Southminster The parish of Southminster 2
Tillingham The parishes of Asheldham, Bradwell-on-Sea, Dengie and Tillingham 1
Tollesbury  1
Tolleshunt D'Arcy  2
Wickham Bishops and Woodham The parishes of Hazeleigh, Langford, Little Braxted, Ulting, Wickham Bishops, Woodham Mortimer and Woodham Walter 2
SCHEDULE 2
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(1) Name of Ward (2) Area of Ward
North The district ward of Burnham-on-Crouch North
South The district ward of Burnham-on-Crouch South
SCHEDULE 3
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(1) Name of Ward (2) Area of Ward (3) Number of Councillors
East The district ward of Maldon East 2
North The district ward of Maldon North 4
South The district ward of Maldon South 4
West The district ward of Maldon West 5
SCHEDULE 4
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(1) Name of Ward (2) Area of Ward (3) Number of Councillors
Mayland So much of the district ward of Mayland as comprises the parish of Mayland 6
Maylandsea So much of the district ward of Althorne as comprises the parish of Mayland 3
SCHEDULE 5
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(1) Name of Ward (2) Area of Ward (3) Number of Councillors
East The district ward of Tollesbury 8
West So much of the district ward of Tolleshunt D'arcy as comprises the parish of Tollesbury 3