{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1460",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Local Government, Wales\nRepresentation Of The People, Wales\nMade 15 December 2021\nComing into force 17 December 2021\nThe Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 89(6) of the Local Government Act 1972 and sections 36A(1), (3) to (6) and (9) and 187(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, make the following Rules.\nIn accordance with section 36A(7) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such persons as they considered appropriate.\nIn 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "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)))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:52.467745+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}