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

England and Wales

(1)

The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007^f1 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 2022^f2.”.

(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 1983^f3);

(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 2(4)(a)(v) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/208), arts. 1(1), 3(a)

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 16.1.2023, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/1014, amended by S.I. 2015/803; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: S.I. 2022/1382.
f3: Rule 35 was substituted by paragraph 74 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and was amended by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33) and by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37). It is prospectively amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Elections Act 2022 from a date and time to be appointed.