Article 6 Submission of incomplete accounts

(1)

An incomplete account may be submitted within the period specified in article 3.

(2)

An incomplete account must—

(a)

be as complete as possible in the circumstances, and

(b)

also be accompanied by—

(i)

a statement that the account is an incomplete account,

(ii)

a statement of the reason for the submission of an incomplete account, and

(iii)

the proposed date by which, subject to the agreement of the principal accounting officer, the complete account will be submitted.

(3)

Any proposed date referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(iii) must be no later than 31 December in the year in which the Senedd election to which the account relates takes place.

(4)

Paragraph (5) applies if the principal accounting officer—

(a)

does not accept the returning officer’s reasons for the submission of the incomplete account,

(b)

considers that the account submitted under this article is not as complete as possible in the circumstances, or

(c)

considers the proposed date referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(iii) to be unreasonable.

(5)

The principal accounting officer may require the returning officer to submit a complete account by a date that is earlier than the date proposed by the returning officer.

(6)

In this article—

“incomplete account” (“cyfrif anghyflawn”) means an account in respect of some of the charges which a returning officer is entitled to recover under article 23(1) and (2) of the 2025 Order;
“the principal accounting officer” (“y prif swyddog cyfrifyddu”) has the meaning given in section 129(6) and (7) of the Government of Wales Act 2006^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 32. There are amendments to section 129(6) and (7) which are not relevant to this Order.