# Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021 (repealed) 2021 asc 2 · enacted 16 March 2021 · revised to 10 September 2025 An Act of Senedd Cymru to provide for measures relating to protection against coronavirus to apply to Senedd Cymru elections and local government elections. PDFs: Printed copy (Welsh) https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/asc_20210002_we.pdf; Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/asc_20210002_en.pdf; Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/asc_20210002_mi.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/ascen_20210002_we.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/ascen_20210002_mi.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed/pdf/ascen_20210002_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Main provisions ## 1 The 2021 election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application of provisions of Government of Wales Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Dissolution of the current Senedd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Guidance on exercise of functions in the pre-election period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Date of first meeting after the 2021 election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power to postpone 2021 election for up to 6 months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Power to provide for additional polling days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Further power to vary date of 2021 election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Guidance on election campaigning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Power to postpone Senedd by-elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Power to postpone local authority by-elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Orders and rules on the conduct of elections to be held in 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Supplementary ## 13 Effect of this Act on existing power to make provision about elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Modification of the 2007 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Review: preparations for the holding of the poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## General ## 16 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Coming into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-coronavirus-act-2021-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.