{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Returning officers",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of Assembly elections there shall be—\n(a) a constituency returning officer for each Assembly constituency, and\n(b) a regional returning officer for each Assembly electoral region, and\nsuch persons shall hold office in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) A constituency returning officer shall be a person—\n(a) appointed under section 35(1A)(a) of the 1983 Act to be the returning officer for elections of councillors of a county or county borough situated wholly or partly in the Assembly constituency, and (in the case where there is more than one such person)\n(b) who is for the time being designated by the Assembly as returning officer for the constituency.\n(3) A regional returning officer shall be a person—\n(a) appointed under section 35(1A)(a) of the 1983 Act to be the returning officer for elections of councillors of a county or county borough situated wholly or partly in the Assembly electoral region, and\n(b) who is for the time being designated by the Assembly as returning officer for the electoral region.\n(4) A designation made under this article shall be in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subsection (1A) was added by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), Schedule 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:23.668590+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."
}