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The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2022

S.I. 2022/1402 · Made 22 December 2022 · Extends to England and Wales

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Representation Of The People, Wales

Made 22nd December 2022

Laid before Parliament 23rd December 2022

Coming into force 16th January 2023

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993f1, as applied by section 22 of the Representation of the People Act 1985f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 c. 38. See section 27(4) for the meaning of “the appropriate Minister”.

f2

1985 c. 50. Section 22 was substituted by section 35(5) of the Welsh Language Act 1993.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, extent and savings
  2. 2Amendment of the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule 1Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words
  5. Schedule 2Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, extent and savingsI1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 16th January 2023.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3)

Article 2(2), (3)(a) and (4) does not apply in relation to a parliamentary general election to which paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Elections Act 2022f1 does not apply.

(4)

This Order does not apply in relation to an election in respect of which the date of poll as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with rule 5 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983f2 is on or before 3rd May 2023.

2Amendment of the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007I1

(1)

The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 6 (Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (s) insert—

“(t)

in the case of form 20, the form of the ballet paper refusal list set out in Schedule 4 to the Voter Identification Regulations 2022f2.”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words), for each of the following forms substitute the corresponding form set out in Schedule 1 to this Order—

(a)

form 2 (Welsh form of questions set out in the table in rule 35 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983f3);

(b)

form 4 (form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities);

(c)

form 5 (companion declaration for combined polls).

(4)

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 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order—

(i)

form 2 (form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting);

(ii)

form 4 (form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting for combined polls);

(iii)

form 4A (voting compartment notice for combined polls);

(iv)

form 5 (official poll card);

F1(v)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

after form 19 (corresponding number list – combined election) insert form 20 (ballot paper refusal list) as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Scott of Bybrook

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

22nd December 2022

Schedule 1Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of wordsI1

Form 2: Welsh form of questions set out in the table in rule 35 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983

Form 2: Welsh form of questions set out in the table in rule 35 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983
Form 2: Welsh form of questions set out in the table in rule 35 of Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983

Form 4: Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities

Welsh version of Form 4: Form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities

Form 5: Companion declaration for combined polls

Page 1

Welsh version of Form 5: Companion declaration for combined polls - page 1

Page 2

Welsh version of Form 5: Companion declaration for combined polls - page 2

Schedule 2Welsh and English versions of prescribed formsI1

Form 2: Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting

Welsh and English version of Form 2: Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting

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

Welsh and English version of Form 4: Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting (guidance for voters at a combined poll)

Form 4A: Voting compartment notice for combined polls

Welsh and English version of Form 4A: Voting compartment notice for combined polls

Form 5: Official poll card (to be sent to an elector voting in person)

Front of form

Welsh and English version of Form 5: Official poll card (to be sent to an elector voting in person) - front of form

Rear of form

Welsh and English version of Form 5: Official poll card (to be sent to an elector voting in person) - rear of form

F1...

Form 20: Ballot paper refusal list

Page 1

Welsh and English version of Form 20: Ballot paper refusal list - front of form

Page 2

Welsh and English version of Form 20: Ballot paper refusal list - page 2

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1014) by updating a number of forms used at parliamentary elections in Wales, following amendments to parliamentary election forms made by or as a result of the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37).

Article 2(3) and Schedule 1 updated certain Welsh versions of forms and a prescribed form of words. Article 2(4) and Schedule 2 update certain versions of forms which are partly in Welsh and partly in English.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.