# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Rule 9: Consent to nomination

Extent: E+W

(1) A person is not validly nominated as an individual or party list candidate unless that person’s consent to the nomination—
(a) is given and dated in writing in form 11 set out in Welsh and English in Schedule 10, or a form to the like effect, on, or within 1 month before, the day fixed as the last day for the delivery of nomination papers,
(b) is attested by one witness, and
(c) is delivered within the time for the delivery of individual and party nomination papers.
(2) A consent to nomination may be delivered—
(a) to one of the places specified by the returning officer in the notice of election for the delivery of nomination papers, or
(b) in accordance with the arrangements set out in the electronic delivery statement (rule 3).
(3) A candidate’s consent given under this rule must—
(a) state the day, month and year of the candidate’s birth;
(b) state an address within the relevant area that will be deemed to be the candidate’s office as an election agent for the purposes of article 42(7);
(c) state the name of a local authority area in Wales in which the candidate is registered as a local government elector;
(d) state to the best of the candidate’s knowledge and belief that the candidate is not disqualified from being elected under section 16(A1) of the 2006 Act (disqualification from being a member of the Senedd);
(e) include a statement of party membership that complies with rule 10;
(f) in the case of an individual candidate, state that the candidate is not—
(i) a party list candidate in the election for the Senedd constituency to which the consent relates,
(ii) an individual candidate in any other Senedd constituency, the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates, or
(iii) a party list candidate in any other Senedd constituency, the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates;
(g) in the case of a party list candidate, state that the candidate is not—
(i) an individual candidate in the election for the Senedd constituency to which the consent relates,
(ii) an individual candidate in any other Senedd constituency, the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates, or
(iii) a party list candidate in any other Senedd constituency, the poll for which is to be held on the same day as that for the election to which the consent relates.
(4) An individual candidate is required to give consent under this rule notwithstanding that that candidate has subscribed the nomination paper by virtue of which the candidate is nominated.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), “the relevant area” is to be construed in accordance with article 41(5) and (6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/5/rule/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-5/rule-9
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