# The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2006, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order —
“the Assembly” (“y Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“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;
“Assembly election” (“etholiad Cynulliad”) means a constituency election or a regional election;
“constituency election” (“etholiad etholaeth”) means an election to return an Assembly member for an Assembly constituency;
“constituency returning officer” (swyddog canlyniadau etholaeth”) means the person who is the returning officer for a constituency election;
“ordinary election” (“etholiad cyffredin”) means the holding of constituency elections and regional elections for the return of all Assembly members;
“poll clerk” (“clerc pleidleisio”) means a person appointed by the constituency returning officer to assist the presiding officer in the conduct of an election at a polling station;
“presiding officer” (“swyddog llywyddu”) means the person appointed by the constituency returning officer to supervise a polling station;
“regional election” (“etholiad rhanbarthol”) means an election to return Assembly members for an Assembly electoral region;
“regional returning officer” (“swyddog canlyniadau rhanbarthol”) means the person who is the returning officer for a regional election;
“the 2003 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2003”) means the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003; and
any 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/3268/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-returning-officers-charges-order-2006/article-2
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