{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-49.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/49",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 64Z1 (declaration of result at contested election)—\n(a) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) The declaration made by the returning officer in accordance with paragraph (1), must be made in Welsh and English.”;\n(b) in paragraph (3), in the opening words, after “notice” insert “, in Welsh and English,”;\n(c) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (3), where the statement of persons nominated shows a candidate’s commonly used forenames or surnames, the returning officer may use those commonly used forenames or surnames to make the declaration, and give notice, of the election results.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 64Z1 was inserted by rule 8(2) of S.I. 2023/1064 (W. 180)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/84/rule/49",
    "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."
}