# The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021, Rule 69: Retention and destruction of documents forwarded to registration officer

Extent: E+W

(1) The registration officer must retain all documents forwarded under rule 66 for a period of one year beginning with the day on which they were received by the registration officer.
(2) At the end of that period of one year, the registration officer must cause the documents to be destroyed unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court, a Crown Court, a magistrates’ court or an election court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/schedule/2/rule/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/rule-69
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