{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-16.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/2/rule/16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Correction of minor errors in a nomination paper or home address form",
  "text": "(1) A returning officer may, at any time before the publication of the statement of persons nominated, correct minor errors in a nomination paper or home address form.\n(2) Errors which may be corrected include—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) obvious errors of spelling;\n(c) errors as to the information given in accordance with rule 9(7) (information that must be included where the candidate has stated that the home address must not be made public).\n(3) Anything done by a returning officer in pursuance of this rule may not be questioned in any proceedings other than proceedings on an election petition.\n(4) In deciding whether to correct minor errors under this rule, a returning officer must have regard to any guidance given by the Electoral Commission for the purposes of this rule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 16(2)(a) omitted (13.3.2026) by virtue of The Local Elections (Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/84), rules 1(2), 87 (with rule 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 16 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/2/rule/16",
    "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."
}