# The Returning Officers (Principal Areas: Wales) Order 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates, for the purposes of the first elections of councillors for the new principal areas in Wales established under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, the existing councils which are to appoint the returning officer for each such area.
By virtue of the Welsh Principal Councils (Day of Election) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2843), the first elections of councillors of the new principal councils in Wales will be held on 4th May 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/151/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-principal-areas-wales-order-1995/note
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