{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/84",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 6 (nomination papers: descriptions), for paragraph (4)(b) substitute—\n“(b) the description—\n(i) consists of the registered name of each of the parties shown in either or both of the versions described in paragraph (5), or\n(ii) is a description registered for use by each of the parties under section 28B of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (joint descriptions), and”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 41. Section 28B was inserted by section 49(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/84/rule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:06.501139+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."
}