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Introductory text

England and Wales

Local Government, Wales

Representation Of The People, Wales

Made 15 December 2021

Coming into force 17 December 2021

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 89(6) of the Local Government Act 1972f1 and sections 36A(1), (3) to (6) and (9) and 187(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f2, make the following Rules.

In accordance with section 36A(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such persons as they considered appropriate.C1

In accordance with section 36A(10) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Rules applied (with modifications) (10.3.2022) by S.I. 2007/236, Sch. 4 Pt. 4 (as substituted by The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/263), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 5 (with reg. 12(f)))

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 70. Section 89(6) was amended by paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1).

f2

1983 c. 2. Section 36A was inserted by section 13(3) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. Section 187(1) was amended by paragraph 64 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50), paragraph 124 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and by paragraph 2(16) of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.