# The Welsh Elections Financial Assistance Scheme (Disabled Candidates) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“candidate” (“ymgeisydd”) means—
(a) in relation to a Senedd Cymru election, a person who—
(i) intends to stand as an individual candidate, or who is validly nominated as an individual candidate, at that election, or
(ii) intends to stand as a party list candidate, or is validly nominated as a party list candidate, at that election;
(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;
(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;
“Welsh election” (“etholiad Cymreig”) means an election for the return of a member of—
(a) Senedd Cymru;
(b) the council of a county or county borough in Wales;
(c) the council of a community in Wales.
(2) A person is validly nominated as a candidate at a Welsh election—
(a) in relation to a Senedd Cymru election, if their nomination—
(i) as an individual candidate at that election is accepted as being valid by the returning officer in accordance with rule 14 of Schedule 5 to the 2025 Order;
(ii) as a party list candidate at that election is accepted as being valid by the returning officer in accordance with rule 15 of Schedule 5 to the 2025 Order;
(b) in relation to an election of members of a county or county borough council, if their nomination as a candidate at that election is accepted as being valid by the returning officer in accordance with rule 10 of Schedule 1 or rule 10 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021;
(c) in relation to an election of members of a community council, if their nomination as a candidate at that election is accepted as being valid by the returning officer in accordance with rule 10 of Schedule 1 or rule 10 of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/897/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-elections-financial-assistance-scheme-disabled-candidates-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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