Article 16 Combination of polls at Senedd and Police and Crime Commissioner electionsI1
England and Wales
Where the polls at a Senedd general election and an ordinary election of police and crime commissioners are to be taken on the same date, they must be taken together.
For the purposes of paragraph (1) an “ordinary election of police and crime commissioners” has the same meaning as in section 50 of the 2011 Actf1.
Where the polls at a Senedd general election and a police and crime commissioner election for related areas are to be taken on the same date but are not required by paragraph (1) to be taken together, they may nevertheless be taken together if the returning officer for each election thinks fit.
For the purposes of paragraph (3)—
a “police and crime commissioner election” has the same meaning as in section 51 of the 2011 Actf2 (election to fill vacancy in office of commissioner), and
two areas are related if one is coterminous with or situated wholly or partly within the other.
Where the polls at any elections are combined under this article, the cost of taking the combined polls, excluding any cost solely attributable to one election, and any cost attributable to their combination is to be apportioned equally among the elections.
Schedule 4 makes further provision in connection with the combination of polls at Senedd and police and crime commissioner elections.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 16 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)
Footnotes
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Section 50 was amended by section 8 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) and S.I. 2021/1265.
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Section 51 was amended by section 8(5) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) and paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 8 to the Elections Act 2022 (c. 37).