LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. 2 This Order shall come into force– a for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to elections to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002; b for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003. 3 In this Order– “district” means the district of Chester-le-Street; “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 of the Environment, Transport and the Regions marked “Map of the District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 ; and any reference to a numbered sheet is a reference to the sheet of the map which bears that number. Wards of Chester-le-Street 2 1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished. 2 The district shall be divided into sixteen 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 no area is 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, waterway or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature. Wards of the parish of Edmondsley 3 The parish of Edmondsley 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 the number specified in respect of the parish ward in column (3) of that Schedule. Wards of the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth 4 1 The existing wards of the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Kimblesworth, Plawsworth and West Nettlesworth; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 3 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 3 The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Kimblesworth and West Nettlesworth parish wards shall be two and for the Plawsworth parish ward shall be seven. Wards of the parish of Little Lumley 5 The parish of Little Lumley shall be divided into two 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. Wards of the parish of Pelton 6 1 The existing wards of the parish of Pelton shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into three 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. Wards of the parish of Urpeth 7 1 The parish of Urpeth shall be divided into three parish wards which shall bear the names Pelton Lane Ends, Urpeth and West Pelton; and the wards shall comprise the areas designated on sheet 4 by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by orange lines. 2 The number of councillors to be elected for each of the Pelton Lane Ends and West Pelton parish wards shall be one and for the Urpeth parish ward shall be nine. Revocation 8 The District of Chester-le-Street (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Beverley Hughes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 7th September 1999