Regulation 10 Eligibility criteria for successful application

(1)

The eligibility criteria required by regulation 5(2)(a) must include the following conditions—

(a)

to apply for financial assistance under the financial assistance scheme, a candidate must be eligible to be a candidate at a Welsh election;

(b)

to receive financial assistance under the financial assistance scheme, a candidate must be validly nominated as a candidate at a Welsh election;

(c)

a candidate must meet the definition of disabled and any impairment must be present when—

(i)

a candidate makes an application for financial assistance under the financial assistance scheme, and

(ii)

during the period when a candidate is in receipt of any financial assistance under the financial assistance scheme.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a candidate is eligible to be a candidate at a Welsh election if—

(a)

in relation to a Senedd Cymru election, they are not disqualified from being a candidate to be a Member of the Senedd under section 16(A1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006^f1;

(b)

in relation to an election of members of a county or county borough council or a community council, a candidate—

(i)

is qualified to be elected as councillor in accordance with section 79 of the Local Government Act 1972^f2, and

(ii)

is not disqualified from being elected as councillor—

(aa)

by any reason set out in section 80A of the Local Government Act 1972^f3,

(bb)

because of any decision made under section 79 of the Local Government Act 2000^f4, or

(cc)

for holding a politically restricted post as set out in section 1(1) and (1A) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 32. Section 16(A1) was inserted by section 29(2) of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1).
f2: 1972 c. 70. Section 79 has been amended by sections 231, 235 and 237 of, and Schedule 13 to, the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40); paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28); section 17(4) of, and paragraph 43 of Schedule 1 to, the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22); section 19 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1); and S.I. 1995/1948. Other amendments have been made to section 79 which are not relevant here.
f3: Section 80A was inserted by section 20 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 and was amended by section 62 of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024.
f4: 2000 c. 22. Section 79 has been amended by section 199 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28); Schedule 25, Part 5 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); and S.I. 2022/372.
f5: 1989 c. 42. Subsection (1A) was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 and subsequently amended by S.I. 2021/1349 (W. 348).