Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Electoral Registration and
Administration Act 2013 required Argyll and Bute Council to undertake a review,
between the dates of 1 October 2018 and 31 January 2020, of polling districts
and polling places within the Argyll and Bute UK Parliamentary Constituency for
the purposes of UK Parliamentary, Scottish
Parliamentary and Local Government elections. The Council considered the
revised scheme of polling districts and polling places as outlined in the Appendices
to the report.
Decision
a) |
Noted that polling districts and
polling places will continue to be reviewed on an on-going basis by the
Returning Officer to whom authority has already been delegated to make
alterations in response to changing circumstances; |
b) |
Noted that under the provisions of
the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 a further formal
review of polling districts and polling places will require to be carried out
by the end of January 2025 and on a 5 yearly basis thereafter; |
c) |
Approved the scheme of polling
districts and polling places detailed in Appendix 1; |
d) |
Noted the representations received
during the consultation period detailed in Appendix 2 together with the
Returning Officer comments thereon. |
(Ref: Report by Executive Director of Customer Services
dated 14 January 2019, submitted)
Publication date: 26/02/2019
Date of decision: 21/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 21/02/2019 - Argyll and Bute Council
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