Introductory text

England and Wales

Local Government, Wales

Representation Of The People, Wales

Made 24 February 2021

Coming into force 25 February 2021

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraphs 4(2)(c) and 6(7) and (8) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000^f1 and now exercisable by them^f2, make the following Regulations.

In accordance with section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f3, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2000 c. 2; relevant amendments to Schedule 4 were made by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), section 14(2)(a) and (8). For the definition of “prescribed” see section 202(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) read together with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000.
f2: Functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 45 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644).
f3: 1983 c. 2; paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 provides that Schedule 4 shall have effect as if it were contained in Part 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.