The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

Cessation of term of office of district councillors

5.  Every person who holds office as a councillor of one of the district councils immediately before 1st April 2009 shall cease to hold office on that date.

Cancellation of district council elections in 2008, etc

12.—(1) Notwithstanding section 7(8) and (9) of the 1972 Act (elections of councillors)—

(a) elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to any of the district councils; and

(b) the term of office of councillors elected to any of the district councils in 2004, 2006 or 2007 shall end on 1st April 2009(9).

(2) Nothing in section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of councillors) shall authorise the holding of an election to fill a casual vacancy in the office of councillor of any of the district councils where that vacancy arises after 30th September 2008 and before 1st April 2009.

Cancellation of parish council elections, etc

13.—(1) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a) elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

• Alberbury with Cardeston,

• Ford,

• Minsterley,

• Pontesbury, and

• Westbury;

(b) elections of parish councillors for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c) the term of office of the councillors elected for those parishes in 2004 or at any subsequent by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009, shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009(10).

(2) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a) elections shall not be held in 2010 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

• Acton Burnell/Pitchford/Frodesley/Ruckley and Langley(11),

• All Stretton/Smethcott/Woolaston(12),

• Buildwas,

• Cardington,

• Church Preen/Hughley/Kenley(13),

• Church Pulverbatch,

• Condover,

• Cound,

• Cressage/Harley/Sheinton(14),

• Leebotwood & Longnor,

• Leighton & Eaton Constantine, and

• Wroxeter & Uppington;

(b) elections of parish councillors for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c) the term of office of the councillors elected for those parishes in 2006 or at any subsequent by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009, shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009(15).

(3) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a) elections shall not be held in 2011 for the return of councillors to the council of any parish in Shropshire;

(b) elections of parish councillors for those parishes in which, but for sub-paragraph (a), elections would have been held in 2011 shall be held on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013 and every four years thereafter; and

(c) the term of office of the councillors elected for those parishes in 2007 or at any subsequent by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013, shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013(16).

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Remember what we said about 2010.

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