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The Local Election Survey (Wales) Regulations 2012

W.S.I. 2012/685 · Made 4 March 2012 · Extends to England and Wales

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

Made 4 March 2012

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 6 March 2012

Coming into force 31 March 2012

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 1(3)(a), 1(3)(b), 2 (2), and 175, of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011f1 make the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

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2011 (nawm 4).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Survey questions and form
  4. 4Collation of survey information
  5. 5Provision of survey information
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule Survey of Local Government Candidates in Wales
  8. Explanatory note

1Title and commencementI1

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the Local Election Survey (Wales) Regulations 2012.

(2)

These Regulations come into force on 31 March 2012.

2InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

  • “the Measure” (“y Mesur”) means the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011.

3Survey questions and formI1F1

For the purposes of section 1(3)(a) of the Measure, the questions and form in which they are to be asked are set out in—

(a)

Parts 1, 2 and 4 of the Schedule if the survey is conducted in accordance with section 1(3A)(b) of the Measure; and

(b)

Parts 1, 3 and 4 of the Schedule if the survey is conducted in accordance with section 1(3A)(a) of the Measure.

4Collation of survey informationI1

For the purposes of section 1(3) (b) of the Measure, the information must be collated in an electronic spreadsheet.

5Provision of survey informationI1

For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Measure, the collated information must be provided to the Welsh Ministers by electronic spreadsheet.

Signature

Carl Sargeant

Minister for Local Government and Communities, one of the Welsh Ministers

4 March 2012

Survey of Local Government Candidates in WalesF1

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Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 1 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 imposes a duty on a local authority (a county council or a county borough council), in accordance with regulations, to conduct a survey after each ordinary election to the council of the county or county borough and to each community council (normally held concurrently every four years) in the local authority’s area.

A local authority must conduct the survey by asking prescribed questions of councillors and unsuccessful candidates who have stood for election as councillors in the local authority’s area.

These Regulations prescribe the questions that a local authority must ask when conducting a local election survey. The prescribed questions and the form in which they may be asked are set out in the Schedule to the Regulations.

The prescribed questions relate to gender, sexual orientation, language, race, age, disability, religion or belief, health, education and qualifications, employment, work as a councillor, party affiliation, involvement with the third sector and length of political activity.

These Regulations prescribe that the survey information must be collated in an electronic spreadsheet. Details relating to the spreadsheet will be included in guidance.

In addition, these Regulations prescribe that the manner in which the collated information must be provided to the Welsh Ministers is by electronic spreadsheet.