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The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituences) (Wales) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/1142 · Made 24 April 1995

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

Made 24th April 1995

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(c) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES IN WALES
  7. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1995.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation this Order shall come into force on 10th May 1995.

(3)

References to constituencies in this Order are references to the constituences in Wales which are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995f1 or any subsequent Order in Council in respect of Wales under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986f2.

2

(1)

Articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983f1 are hereby revoked so far as they relate to Wales.

(2)

Part II of Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the said Order are hereby revoked.

3

In the case of the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, being a borough constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a district, the chairman of the council for the district of Cardiff shall be the returning officer for a parliamentary election.

4

In the case of a county constituency in Wales specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the officer of the council appointed to be the electoral registration officer by the council of the district specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Signature

Blatch

Minister of State

Home Office

24th April 1995

ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES IN WALES

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Name of county constituencyDistrict for which registration officer is acting returning officer
AberavonPort Talbot
Alyn and DeesideAlyn and Deeside
Blaenau GwentBlaenau Gwent
Brecon and RadnorshireBrecknock
BridgendOgwr
CaernarfonArfon
CaerphillyRhymney Valley
Carmarthen East and DinefwrDinefwr
Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireSouth Pembrokeshire
CeredigionCeredigion
Clwyd SouthWrexham Maelor
Clwyd WestColwyn
ConwyAberconwy
Cynon ValleyCynon Valley
DelynDelyn
GowerLliw Valley
IslwynIslwyn
LlanelliLlanelli
Meirionnydd Nant ConwyMeirionnydd
Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyMerthyr Tydfil
MonmouthMonmouth
MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire
NeathNeath
Newport EastNewport
Newport WestNewport
OgmoreOgwr
PontypriddTaff-Ely
Preseli PembrokeshirePreseli Pembrokeshire
RhonddaRhondda
TorfaenTorfaen
Vale of ClwydRhuddlan
Vale of GlamorganVale of Glamorgan
WrexhamWrexham Maelor
Ynys MônYnys Môn-Isles of Anglesey

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 4 of, and the Schedule to, this Order designate the acting returning officers for the county constituencies in Wales. Article 3 of this Order designate the returning officer for the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, where the appointment of a returning officer is not determined by paragraph (b) of section 24(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

This Order replaces the designations made by the instrument revoked in part by article 3. The constituencies referred to in this Order are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995. Like that Order, this Order does not come fully into force until the next parliamentary general election.