{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-returning-officers-charges-order-2002/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2002/3053",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-returning-officers-charges-order-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Assembly” (“y CynulliadM”) means the National Assembly for Wales,\n“Assembly constituency” (“etholaeth Cynulliad”) and “Assembly electoral region” (“rhanbarth etholiadol Cynulliad”) are to be construed in accordance with section 2(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Government of Wales Act 1998,\n“Assembly election” (“etholiad Cynulliad”) means a constituency election or a regional election,\n“constituency election” (“etholiad etholaeth”) means an election to return an Assembly member for an Assembly constituency,\n“constituency returning officer” (“swyddog canlyniadau etholaeth”) means the person who is the returning officer for a constituency election,\n“ordinary election” (“etholiad cyffredin”) means the holding of constituency and regional elections for the return of all Assembly members,\n“regional election” (“etholiad rhanbarthol”) means an election to return Assembly members for an Assembly electoral region,\n“regional returning officer” (“swyddog canlyniadau rhanbarthol”) means the person who is the returning officer for a regional election,\n“the 1999 Order” (“Gorchymyn 1999”) means the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999, and\nany reference to a register of electors is a reference to the register (or registers) of electors used at an Assembly election and to the register (or registers) as first published.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/3053/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:44.521380+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."
}