{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2025/864",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Functions at combined polls",
  "text": "(1) The functions referred to in paragraph 1 are the functions conferred—\n(a) in the case of a Senedd election—\n(i) by Schedule 5 and which are specified in sub-paragraph (2), and\n(ii) by paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 2 (collection of postal ballot papers etc. from polling stations), and\n(b) in the case of a local government election, by those rules made under section 36A of the 1983 Act which correspond to the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (2),\nand where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers at two or more elections are taken together under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, the functions conferred by that Schedule and by Part 5 of the 2001 Regulations (issue and receipt of postal ballot papers).\n(2) The functions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are those functions in Schedule 5 conferred by—\n(a) rule 27 (corresponding number list);\n(b) rule 31(2) (notice of situation of polling stations etc);\n(c) rule 32 (postal ballot papers) where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers at two or more elections are taken together under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 and rule 58 (the count; steps) of Schedule 5;\n(d) rule 33 (return of postal ballot papers) where the proceedings on the issue and receipt of postal ballot papers at two or more elections are taken together under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;\n(e) rule 34 (provision of polling stations);\n(f) rule 35(1) and (2) (appointment of presiding officers and clerks) to the extent that the paragraph concerns the appointment of presiding officers and clerks to assist them;\n(g) rule 37 (equipment of polling stations) as modified by paragraph 8 of this Schedule;\n(h) rule 40(1) (notification of requirement of secrecy at polling station);\n(i) rule 41(6) (surrender of certificate as to employment);\n(j) rule 42(3)(b) (authorisation to order removal from polling station);\n(k) paragraphs (2) to (6) of rule 58 (the count: steps) as modified by paragraph 19 of this Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2. Section 36A was inserted by section 13(3) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:06.457930+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}