# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2020 (revoked) W.S.I. 2020/1558 · made 16 December 2020 · revised to 18 July 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2020-revoked/pdf/wsi_20201558_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Constitutional Law Representation Of The People, Wales Made 16 December 2020 Coming into force 17 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Title, commencement, interpretation and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Amendment of the 2007 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Renaming of the National Assembly for Wales ## 3 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Change of the name of the National Assembly for Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Extension of the right to vote ## 36 Amendment of article 14 (offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Amendment of Schedule 1 (absent voting at Senedd Cymru elections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Amendment of Schedule 5 (Senedd Cymru election rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Disqualification ## 43 Amendment of article 34 (false statements in nomination papers etc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Amendment of Schedule 5 (Senedd Cymru election rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Withholding of candidate’s home address ## 45 Amendment of article 37 (appointment of election agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Amendment of Schedule 5 (Senedd Cymru election rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Returning officers’ charges ## 53 Returning officers’ charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Electoral Commission ## 54 Guidance by the Electoral Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Amendment of Schedule 7 (election expenses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Registered party names ## 56 Registered party name to include “Welsh” or “Cymru” in respect of both regional and constituency nomination papers and ballot paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Amendment of Schedule 10 (appendix of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Other amendments ## 61 Amendment of article 2(1) (interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Amendment of article 137 (interpretation of Part 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Amendment of article 149 (saving and transitional provision as to incapacities in respect of Senedd Cymru elections) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Amendment of Schedule 5 (Senedd Cymru election rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Amendment of Schedule 9 (modification of Election Petition Rules 1960) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Inserted form ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/1558 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-amendment-order-2020-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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