Article 2

In article 8 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1995^f1, for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(4)

In relation to the commencement of section 17 of the 1994 Act, the provision in paragraph (1) of rule 4 in Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986 which restricts the place which the returning officer may fix for the delivery of nomination papers to the offices of the council of the district in which the electoral area wholly or mainly lies shall not have effect in relation to the 1995 ordinary elections.”