# The Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Accounts) Order 2026, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the 2025 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2025”) means the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025;
“account” (“cyfrif”) means an account submitted for the recovery of a returning officer’s charges for, or in connection with, a Senedd election, under article 23(1) and (2) of the 2025 Order;
“returning officer” (“swyddog canlyniadau”) means the officer who, in accordance with article 18(2) of the 2025 Order, is the returning officer for a Senedd constituency;
“Senedd constituency” (“etholaeth Senedd”) means a constituency as defined in regulation 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Senedd Cymru Constituency Regulations 2025;
“Senedd election” (“etholiad i’r Senedd”) means an election to return a Senedd member for a Senedd constituency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/77/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-accounts-order-2026/article-2
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