# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Paragraph 1: Returning officers and polling stations

Extent: E+W

(1) Where the polls at a Senedd general election and an ordinary election of police and crime commissioners are taken together under article 16(1)—
(a) those functions of the returning officer at the police and crime commissioner election which are specified in paragraph 2 must be discharged by the returning officer for a Senedd constituency for such part of the police area as is situated in the constituency, and
(b) only polling stations used for the Senedd general election are to be used for the police and crime commissioner election.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where the polls at a Senedd general election and a police and crime commissioner election for related areas, within the meaning of article 16(4), are taken together under article 16(3)—
(a) the returning officers for those elections must decide which returning officer will discharge in the area in which the polls are combined (“the combined area”) those functions of the other which are specified in paragraph 2, and
(b) the only polling stations to be used in the combined area at such elections are the polling stations used at the election for which the returning officer who discharges the functions referred to in paragraph (a) acts as returning officer.
(3) Where the polls at a Senedd general election and a police and crime commissioner election for related areas, within the meaning of article 16(4), are taken together under article 16(3), sub-paragraph (1) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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