# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Paragraph 30: Forwarding of documents

Extent: E+W

(1) At the same time as the returning officer forwards the documents mentioned in rule 67 of Schedule 5 (delivery of documents to registration officer at contested elections) to the relevant registration officer, the returning officer must also forward to the same registration officer—
(a) any packets referred to in paragraphs 12, 14(8), 15(5), 16(2), 21(9) and 28, subject to paragraph 29, endorsing on each packet a description of its contents, the date of the election to which it relates and the name of the constituency for which the election, or elections, was, or were, held,
(b) a completed statement of postal ballot papers in form 6 set out in Welsh and English in Schedule 10, and
(c) subject to sub-paragraph (2), the list required to be compiled under paragraph 26(4).
(2) Where a Senedd constituency comprises the area of more than one local authority, the returning officer must forward a copy of such extracts of the lists required to be compiled under paragraph 26(4) as are relevant, to each of the registration officers concerned.
(3) Where the poll at a Senedd election is to be taken together with the poll at a police and crime commissioner election under article 16, a separate statement in the form described in sub-paragraph (1)(b) must be completed for the Senedd election.
(4) Where—
(a) any covering envelopes are received by the returning officer after the close of the poll, apart from those delivered in accordance with rule 55(3)(g) of Schedule 5,
(b) any envelopes addressed to postal voters are returned as undelivered too late to be readdressed, or
(c) any spoilt postal ballot papers are returned too late to enable other postal ballot papers to be issued,
the returning officer must put them unopened in a separate packet, seal up the packet and endorse and forward it at a subsequent date in the manner described in sub-paragraph (1).
(5) Rules 66 and 67 of Schedule 5 (sealing up of ballot papers and delivery of documents to registration officer) apply to any packet or document forwarded under this paragraph except that in applying those rules to the list compiled under paragraph 26(4), the list and any extracts from it are to be treated as if they were a counted ballot paper.
(6) The returning officer must provide a copy of the statement referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to the Electoral Commission, at least 10, but not more than 25, days after the day of the poll.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/2/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-30
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