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Article 49 ... The regulated periodF2I1

England and Wales

(1)

In the case of an individual candidate, F1or, 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 Actf1 (ordinary general elections), or

(b)

section 5 of that Actf2 (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 Actf3 (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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 49(1) inserted (24.3.2026) by The Representation of the People (Absent Voting and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/91), regs. 1(2), 41(2)(b)

F2

Words in art. 49 heading omitted (24.3.2026) by virtue of The Representation of the People (Absent Voting and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/91), regs. 1(2), 41(2)(a)

Commencement

I1

Art. 49 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 32. Section 3 was amended by section 1(1) of the Wales Act 2014 (c. 29); section 6 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4); section 36(1) of and paragraph 2(19) of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1); paragraph 28 of Schedule 3(3) to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) and paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 to the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 (c. 11). It is also prospectively amended by section 3(1) of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4).

f2

Section 5 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1).

f3

Section 4 was substituted by section 6 of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4).