Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the Government of Wales Act 2006^f1;

• “the 2021 Rules” (“Rheolau 2021”) means the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021^f2;

• F1“the 2025 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2025”) means the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025;

• “candidate” (“ymgeisydd”) means (as the context requires)—

  1. (a)

     an individual F2... candidate to be a Member of the Senedd;

  2. (b)

     a candidate on a list of candidates to be Members of the Senedd submitted by a registered political party under section 7 of the 2006 Act;

  3. (c)

     a candidate at an ordinary election to a principal council in Wales;

• “candidate statement” (“datganiad ymgeisydd”) means a statement that has been prepared for publication on the platform and which is in support of candidacy, for an ordinary election to a principal council in Wales, at which the candidate is standing;

• “election address” (“anerchiad etholiadol”) means a final approved postal communication which, F3under article 67 of the 2025 Order, may be sent free of any charge for postage and which is to be or has been submitted for publication on the platform;

• F4“individual candidate” (“ymgeisydd unigol”) means a candidate at a Senedd election other than a party list candidate;

• “the platform” (“y platfform”) means the electronic facility, known as the Welsh elections information platform, established by these Regulations and which is to provide electors with up-to-date information, or access to up-to-date information from other electronic sources, about specified elections;

• “the platform operator” (“gweithredwr y platfform”) means the person specified in regulation 3;

• “registered political party” (“plaid wleidyddol gofrestredig”) means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000^f3;

• “relevant requirements” (“gofynion perthnasol”) means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an election address, the requirements imposed by regulations 8(2) and 9;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a candidate statement, the requirements imposed by regulations 11 and 12;

• “specified elections” (“etholiadau penodedig”) means—

  1. (a)

     elections to Senedd Cymru;

  2. (b)

     ordinary elections to principal councils in Wales;

• “submission date” (“dyddiad cyflwyno”) means the date required by regulation 13(3)(a) to be included in a notice of the submission process for election addresses and candidate statements.