Article 1 Citation, commencement, extent and savings

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2023 and comes into force on 27th February 2023.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3)

Article 2 does not apply in relation to—

(a)

a parliamentary general election to which paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the Elections Act 2022^f1 does not apply;

(b)

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 1983^f2 is on or before 3rd May 2023.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2022 c. 37. See regulation 3(1)(b) of S.I. 2022/1401 as to the application of paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 with respect to parliamentary general elections.
f2: 1983 c. 2. Rule 5 was amended by paragraph 74 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985, by paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2), and by section 19(3) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).