32Assessment criteria in relation to division of wards

32 Assessment criteria in relation to division of wards (1) This section applies if the committee recommends : (a) if a local government area is divided into wards – that the local government area remain divided into the same wards or be divided into different wards; or (b) if a local government area is not divided into wards – that the local government area should be divided into wards.

Local Government Act 2019 26 (2) In making the recommendation, the committee must consider the desirability of: (a) the number of electors for each ward being as near to equal as practicable at the next general election; and (b) keeping the area of each ward containing rural and remote areas as small as practicable; and (c) keeping the demographic and geographic nature of each ward as uniform as practicable; and (d) including an identifiable community wholly within one ward if