LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the District of East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. 2 This Order shall come into force– a for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 1st May 2003, on 10th October 2002; b for all other purposes, on 1st May 2003. 3 In this Order– “the district” means the district of East Devon; “existing”, in relation to a ward, means the ward as it exists on the date this Order is made; and 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 East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 . Wards of East Devon 2 1 The existing wards of the district shall be abolished. 2 The district shall be divided into thirty-two wards which shall bear the names set out in column (1) of the Schedule. 3 The wards shall comprise the areas described in column (2) of the Schedule by reference to parishes, parish wards, or parishes and parish wards 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 the 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 Exmouth 3 1 The existing wards of the parish of Exmouth shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into five parish wards which shall bear the names Brixington, Halsdon, Littleham, Town and Withycombe Raleigh; and those wards shall comprise the areas of the wards of the district bearing the names Exmouth Brixington, Exmouth Halsdon, Exmouth Littleham, Exmouth Town and Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh, respectively. 3 The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be five. The parish of Gittisham 4 1 The parish of Gittisham shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Gittisham Vale and Gittisham Village. 2 The Gittisham Vale parish ward shall comprise so much of the district ward of Honiton St Michael’s as comprises the parish of Gittisham and the Gittisham Village parish ward shall comprise so much of the district ward of Feniton and Buckerell as comprises the parish of Gittisham. 3 The number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Gittisham Vale shall be three and the number of councillors to be elected for the parish ward of Gittisham Village shall be four. Wards of the parish of Honiton 5 1 The existing wards of the parish of Honiton shall be abolished. 2 The parish shall be divided into two parish wards which shall bear the names Honiton St Michael’s and Honiton St Paul's. 3 The Honiton St Michael’s parish ward shall comprise so much of the district ward of Honiton St Michael’s as comprises the parish of Honiton and the Honiton St Paul’s parish ward shall comprise the area of the Honiton St Paul’s district ward. 4 The number of parish councillors to be elected for each parish ward shall be nine. Revocation 6 The District of East Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 is hereby revoked. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Beverley Hughes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 6th September 1999