Article 3 Amendment of the 2007 Order

(1)

The 2007 Order is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 4 (Welsh versions of forms of words)—

(a)

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)
In the Form of Front of Ballot Paper in the Appendix of Forms to Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules)—

(a)
“Ethol Aelod Seneddol ar gyfer etholaeth [rhowch enw’r etholaeth]” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for the words “Election of the Member of Parliament for the [insert name of constituency] constituency”;

(b)
“Pleidleisiwch ar gyfer un ymgeisydd yn unig trwy roi croes [x] yn y blwch nesaf at eich dewis” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for the words “Vote for only one candidate by putting a cross [x] in the box next to your choice”.”

(b)

in paragraph (2) for “immediately beneath” substitute “together above or below”.

(3)

In article 5 (Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words)—

(a)

make the existing provision paragraph (1); and

(b)

after paragraph (1) as so renumbered insert—

“(2)
Form 5 in Schedule 1 to this Order is prescribed as the Welsh version that may be used at a parliamentary election in Wales in place of the form prescribed by paragraph 29 of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004^f1 (companion declaration for combined polls) when the poll at the election is taken together with one or more other polls under section 15 of the Representation of the People Act 1985^f2.”

(4)

In article 6 (Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words)—

(a)

make the existing provision paragraph (1);

(b)

in paragraph (1) as so renumbered, after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(da)
in the case of form 4A, the notice prescribed by paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (voting compartment notice for combined polls);”

(c)

after paragraph (1) as so renumbered insert—

“(2)
Forms 4, 4A, 13, 14, 18 and 19 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order are to be used at a parliamentary election in Wales only where the poll at that election is taken together with one or more other polls under section 15 of the Representation of the People Act 1985.”

(5)

In Schedule 1 (Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words)—

(a)

for Form 1 substitute Form 1 (certificate of employment) in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(b)

after Form 4 insert Form 5 (companion declaration for combined polls) in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(6)

In Schedule 2 (Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words)—

(a)

for each of the following forms substitute the corresponding form in Schedule 2 to this Order—

(i)

Form 1 (form of back of ballot paper);

(ii)

Form 4 (form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting (guidance for voters at a combined poll));

(iii)

Form 5 (official poll card);

(iv)

Form 6 (official postal poll card);

(v)

Form 7 (official proxy poll card);

(vi)

Form 8 (official proxy postal poll card);

(vii)

Form 12 (postal voting statement);

(viii)

Form 13 (postal voting statement (for use where there is a joint issue and receipt of postal ballot papers));

(ix)

Form 14 (postal voting statement (for use when a poll is combined with another poll but the postal ballot papers are not combined));

(x)

Form 15 (statement as to postal ballot papers);

(b)

after Form 4 insert Form 4A (voting compartment notice for combined polls) in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2004/294, amended by S.I.s 2006/3278, 2007/1025, 2012/1917, 2014/920.
f2: Section 15 was amended by section 3 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c.58), section 3 of the Elections Act 2001 (c.7), section 127 of and paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26), section 6 of and paragraphs 14 and 15 of the Schedule to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (c.14), and section 2 of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11).