Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 2024 Act” (“Deddf 2024”) means the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024;

• “the 2025 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2025”) means the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025^f1;

• “candidate” (“ymgeisydd”) means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a Senedd Cymru election, a person who—

     1. (i)

        intends to stand as an individual candidate, or who is validly nominated as an individual candidate, at that election, or

     2. (ii)

        intends to stand as a party list candidate, or is validly nominated as a party list candidate, at that election;

  2. (b)

     in relation to an election of members of a county or county borough council in Wales, a person who intends to stand as a candidate, or who is validly nominated as a candidate, at that election;

  3. (c)

     in relation to an election of members of a community council in Wales, a person who intends to stand as a candidate, or who is validly nominated as a candidate, at that election;

• “disabled” (“anabl”) has the same meaning as in section 28(13) of the 2024 Act;

• “financial assistance” (“cymorth ariannol”) has the same meaning as in section 31 of the 2024 Act;

• “individual candidate” (“ymgeisydd unigol”) means a candidate at a Senedd Cymru election other than a party list candidate;

• “party list candidate” (“ymgeisydd rhestr plaid”) means a candidate at a Senedd Cymru election included on a list of candidates submitted by a registered political party;

• “registered political party” (“plaid wleidyddol gofrestredig”) means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000^f2;

• “Welsh election” (“etholiad Cymreig”) means an election for the return of a member of—

  1. (a)

     Senedd Cymru;

  2. (b)

     the council of a county or county borough in Wales;

  3. (c)

     the council of a community in Wales.

A person is validly nominated as a candidate at a Welsh election—