Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “agent” (“asiant”) includes an election agent and a person appointed to attend in the election agent’s place;

• “ballot paper envelope” (“amlen papur pleidleisio”) and “covering envelope” (“prif amlen”) means the envelopes referred to in paragraph 11;

• “issue” (“dyroddiad”) includes the original and any subsequent issue;

• “personal identifiers record” (“cofnod dynodyddion personol”) means the record kept in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1;

• “postal ballot box” (“blwch pleidleisio drwy’r post”) means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 18(1)(b);

• “postal voters’ ballot box” (“blwch pleidleisio pleidleiswyr drwy’r post”) means the ballot box referred to in paragraph 18(1)(a);

• “receptacle for ballot paper envelopes” (“daliedydd ar gyfer amlenni papurau pleidleisio”), “receptacle for postal voting statements (verification procedure)” (“daliedydd ar gyfer datganiadau pleidleisiau drwy’r post (y weithdrefn wirhau)”); “receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes” (“daliedydd ar gyfer amlenni papurau pleidleisio a wrthodwyd”); “receptacle for rejected votes” (“daliedydd ar gyfer pleidleisiau a wrthodwyd”) and “receptacle for rejected votes (verification procedure)” (“daliedydd ar gyfer pleidleisiau a wrthodwyd (y weithdrefn wirhau)”) means the receptacles referred to in paragraph 18(6);

• “spoilt postal ballot paper” (“papur pleidleisio drwy’r post a ddifethwyd”) means a ballot paper referred to in paragraph 14(1);

• “valid postal voting statement” (“datganiad pleidlais drwy’r post dilys”) means a postal voting statement, which, in accordance with paragraph 23, the returning officer is satisfied has been duly completed.