{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-64J",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-64J.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1459",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-principal-areas-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/64J",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "64J",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“continuing candidate” (“ymgeisydd sy’n parhau”) means any candidate who is not already treated as elected and is not excluded under rule 64S;\n“count” (“cyfrif”) means all the operations involved in the counting of first preferences recorded for candidates, the transfer of transferable papers from candidates who are treated as elected and have a surplus, and the transfer of transferable papers from candidates who are excluded under rule 64S;\n“next available preference” (“dewis nesaf sydd ar gael”) means a preference which is the second or subsequent preference in consecutive order for a continuing candidate (and therefore does not include a preference for a candidate who is treated as elected or a preference for a candidate who is excluded under rule 64S);\n“quota” (“cwota”) means the number calculated in accordance with rule 64L;\n“stage of the count” (“cam o’r cyfrif”) means—\n(a)the determination of the first preference votes for each candidate;\n(b)the transfer of the transferrable papers of a candidate who is treated as elected and has a surplus (see rules 64N and 64O);\n(c)the exclusion of one or more candidates at any given time (see rule 64S);\n“surplus” (“pleidleisiau dros ben”) means the number of votes by which the total number of votes for any candidate exceeds the quota.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 4A inserted (9.10.2023) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1064), rules 1(2), 8(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1459/schedule/2/paragraph/64J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:54.669941+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."
}