# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Article 49: ... The regulated period

Extent: E+W

(1) In the case of an individual candidate, or, for the purposes of article 45(1), a party list candidate, the regulated period at a Senedd election under—
(a) section 3 of the 2006 Act (ordinary general elections), or
(b) section 5 of that Act (extraordinary general elections),
begins with the appropriate date and ends with the date of the poll for those elections.
(2) In paragraph (1), “the appropriate date” for an election under section 3 of the 2006 Act means the date which falls 4 months before the date of the poll where—
(a) the date of the poll is determined by section 3(1) of the 2006 Act;
(b) no less than 5 months before the day on which the poll would have taken place under section 3(1) of that Act, the date of the poll is brought forward under section 4(1) of that Act (power to vary date of ordinary general election);
(c) no less than 4 months before the day on which the poll would have taken place under section 3(1) of that Act, the date of the poll is postponed under section 4(1) of that Act,
but where the date of the poll is brought forward or postponed otherwise than as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) or (c), “the appropriate date” means the date which falls 4 months before the date when the poll would have taken place under section 3(1) of that Act.
(3) In paragraph (1), “the appropriate date” for an election under section 5 of the 2006 Act means the date on which the Presiding Officer of the Senedd proposes a day for the poll for the election under section 5(1) of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/article/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-49
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