Legislation – The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

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Introduction

1 Title and commencement

2 Amendment of the 2021 Rules: validity of nomination papers

3 Amendment of the 2021 Rules: procedure on close of poll

4 Amendment of the 2021 Rules: community elections: issue of official poll cards

5 Amendments relating to the election timetable

6 Amendment of sections 67, 69 and 70 of the Representation of the People Act 1983

7 Amendment of the 2006 Rules etc.

8 Revocations of Welsh Forms Orders

9 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007

10 Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

11 Other consequential amendments

12 Transitional provision

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Amendment of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006

SCHEDULE 2 Amendment of the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) Rules 2006

SCHEDULE 3 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Order

SCHEDULE 4 Further consequential amendments

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Explanatory note

Amendment of the 2021 Rules: community elections: issue of official poll cards4.

(1)

In the Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021, in Schedule 2, rule 31 (issue of official poll cards) is amended as follows.

(2)

At the beginning insert—

“A1

The community council may, not later than 4 p.m. on the nineteenth day before the day of election, request the returning officer to issue poll cards for the election.”

(3)

In paragraph (1), for “after publishing notice of the election” substitute “after receiving the request”.

(4)

After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

In the case of an elector with an anonymous entry, the returning officer must issue the appropriate poll card whether or not the council has requested the issue of poll cards under paragraph (A1).”