{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-1/rule-27.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": "schedule/1/rule/27",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Notice of poll",
  "text": "(1) The returning officer must publish notice of the poll stating—\n(a) the day and hours fixed for the poll,\n(b) the number of councillors to be elected for the electoral area, and\n(c) the names and descriptions (if any) of each candidate remaining validly nominated and their home address information.\n(2) The candidates’ particulars, and the order of the candidates’ names, must be the same as in the statement of persons nominated.\n(3) The returning officer must, before or at the same time as publishing notice of the poll, also publish notice of—\n(a) the situation of each polling station, and\n(b) the description of voters entitled to vote there.\n(4) The returning officer must, as soon as practicable after publishing notice under paragraph (3), give a copy of it to each of the candidates or to their election agents (if appointed).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 27 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/schedule/1/rule/27",
    "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."
}