# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Paragraph 19: Rule 56 (arrangements for the counting of votes)

Extent: E+W

Rule 56 is to be read as if after paragraph (2) there were inserted—
“(3) Where the poll at a Senedd election is taken together with a poll at a police and crime commissioner election and the returning officer at the Senedd election (“S”) does not discharge the functions specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4, so that paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply, S must—
(a) make arrangements for counting the votes in the presence of the counting agents after the delivery of the ballot papers to S by the returning officer who does discharge those functions, and
(b) give notice in writing to the counting agents of the time and place S will begin to count the votes if S has by then received the ballot papers.
(4) Where the poll at a Senedd election is taken together with a poll at a police and crime commissioner election and the returning officer for the Senedd election is discharging the functions specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4, a reference in this rule and rule 57 to the “counting agents” also includes the counting agents appointed for the purposes of the police and crime commissioner election.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/4/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-19
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