Article 4 Polling districts and places at Senedd electionsI1

England and Wales

(1)

For the purpose of Senedd elections every constituency must be divided into polling districts.

(2)

For each polling district there must be a polling place, unless the size or other circumstances of a polling district are such that the situation of the polling stations does not materially affect the convenience of the electors, or any body of them.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4), the polling districts and polling places designated under this article must be the same as those used or designated under sections 18A and 18B of the 1983 Act^f1 (polling districts and polling places at parliamentary elections).

(4)

Where it appears to the local authority, or local authorities, for the area of a polling district or polling place that it is desirable for some other polling district or polling place to be designated for the purpose of a Senedd election, the local authority may so designate that other polling district or polling place.

(5)

An election may not be questioned by reason of—

(a)

any non-compliance with the provisions of this article, or

(b)

any irregularity relating to polling districts or polling places.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 4 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: Sections 18A and 18B were substituted for section 18, as originally enacted, by section 16(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22).