Article 1

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

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.

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