The Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2018

Made: 3rd December 2018

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Commission makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 59(1) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment to the Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2015

2

In article 1 of the Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (citation and commencement)—

• (a) in paragraph (5), omit “6, ”;

• (b) after paragraph (5), insert—

(6) Article 6 comes into force— (a) for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to the election of councillors, on 15th October 2021; (b) for all other purposes, on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022[^f00005].

Signed

Sealed with the seal of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England

Jolyon Jackson — Chief Executive — Local Government Boundary Commission for England — 3rd December 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1873) (“the 2015 Order”) gave effect to recommendations for changes to electoral arrangements for the county of Hertfordshire, stated in the Local Government Boundary Commission Report of May 2015.

The amendments in article 2 of this Order correct an error in the 2015 Order with respect to the coming into force of those changes for the parish of Chorleywood.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private of voluntary sector is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c.20.

[^f00002]: The Local Government Boundary Commission for England was established on 1st April 2010 by section 55(1) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2015/1873 as amended by S.I. 2017/76.

[^f00004]: 1978 c. 30.

[^f00005]: The ordinary day of election of councillors in England is prescribed by section 37(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as amended by section 18(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and section 6(16) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).