Commentary on Sections Power of district councils to revert to partial-council elections Section 46: Order for elections by halves: councillors to be elected at ordinary elections
128.This section makes further provision about the detail that must be included in an order for elections by halves. In particular, it sets out what the order must say about when each of the councillors is to be elected, and when he or she is to retire. It provides (in subsection (2)) that the first ordinary elections under the new regime must be whole-council elections.