{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-77.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/77",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 60 (declaration of result)—\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": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/84/rule/77",
    "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."
}