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(1) This Order may be cited as the Aberdeenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 11th August 2006.
(2) This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after the date on which section 1 of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 comes into force.
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In this Order–
(a) a reference to an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(b) “the deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROM–
(i) entitled “Aberdeenshire (Electoral Arrangements) 2006”; and
(ii) deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at Victoria Quay, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
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(1) The area of Aberdeenshire Council shall be divided into 19 electoral wards.
(2) The number and name of an electoral ward is as specified in columns 1 and 2 respectively of the Schedule to this Order.
(3) The number of councillors to be returned for an electoral ward is as specified in the entry in column 3 of the Schedule to this Order corresponding to that electoral ward.
(4) The boundaries of the electoral wards are as described by the deposited data.
TOM MCCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st July 2006
SCHEDULE
Article 3


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Number of electoral ward Name of electoral ward Number of councillors to be returned
1 Banff and District 3
2 Troup 3
3 Fraserburgh and District 4
4 Central Buchan 4
5 Peterhead North and Rattray 4
6 Peterhead South and Cruden 3
7 Turriff and District 3
8 Mid Formartine 4
9 Ellon and District 4
10 West Garioch 3
11 Inverurie and District 4
12 East Garioch 3
13 Westhill and District 4
14 Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford 4
15 Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside 3
16 Banchory and Mid Deeside 3
17 North Kincardine 4
18 Stonehaven and Lower Deeside 4
19 Mearns 4