Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000.

(2) This Order shall come into force-

(a)for the purpose of proceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be held on 2nd May 2002, on 10th October 2001;

(b)for all other purposes, on 2nd May 2002.

(3) In this Order-

"borough" means the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham;

"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 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", and deposited in accordance with regulation 27 of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994(3).

Wards of the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

2.-(1) The existing wards of the borough(4) shall be abolished.

(2) The borough shall be divided into sixteen wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.

(3) The wards shall comprise the areas designated on the map by reference to the names of the wards and demarcated by red lines.

(4) The number of councillors to be elected for each of the College Park and Old Oak, and Palace Riverside wards shall be two, and for each of the other wards shall be three.

(5) Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.

Revocation

3. The London Borough of Hammersmith (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 is hereby revoked.

article 2(2)

SCHEDULENAMES OF WARDS

Addison

Askew

Avonmore and Brook Green

College Park and Old Oak

Fulham Broadway

Fulham Reach

Hammersmith Broadway

Munster

North End

Palace Riverside

Parsons Green and Walham

Ravenscourt Park

Sands End

Shepherd's Bush Green

Town

Wormholt and White City

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect, subject to modifications, to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The changes have effect in relation to local government elections to be held on and after 2nd May 2002.

The modifications relate to names of wards and to the moving of St Augustine's School in Disbrowe Road to Fulham Reach ward from North End ward.

The Secretary of State has decided that the wards shown in the first column of the Table below with the names proposed by the Commission should be named in accordance with the second column.

Article 2 abolishes the existing wards of the borough and provides for the creation of 16 new wards. That article and the Schedule also make provision for the names of the new wards. The College Park and Old Oak, and Palace Riverside wards are each to be represented by two councillors. Each of the other wards is to be represented by three councillors.

Article 3 revokes the London Borough of Hammersmith (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977.

The areas of the new wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3). Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Council of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.