RHAN 3ETHOLIADAU

Cofrestru etholiadol

I112Yr hawl i gofrestru yn etholwr llywodraeth leol

1

Yn adran 4 o Ddeddf Cynrychiolaeth y Bobl 1983 (p. 2) (“Deddf 1983”) (yr hawl i gofrestru yn etholwr llywodraeth leol)—

a

yn is-adran (3)(d), ar ôl “age” mewnosoder “or, if resident in an area in Wales, is 16 years of age or over”;

b

ar ôl is-adran (3) mewnosoder—

3A

A person is also entitled to be registered in the register of local government electors for any electoral area in Wales if on the relevant date the person—

a

is resident in that area,

b

is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote (age apart) in an election of members (or of a member) of Senedd Cymru,

c

is a qualifying foreign citizen, and

d

is 16 years of age or over.

c

ar ôl is-adran (5A) mewnosoder—

5B

In relation to a register of local government electors for any electoral area in Wales, the reference to “voting age” in subsection (5) is to be interpreted as “16 years of age”.

2

Yn adran 203(1) o Ddeddf 1983 (darpariaethau llywodraeth leol o ran Cymru a Lloegr) ar ôl y diffiniad o “London member” mewnosoder—

  • “qualifying foreign citizen” means a person who—

    1. a

      is not a Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union, and

    2. b

      either—

      1. i

        is not a person who requires leave under the Immigration Act 1971 to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or

      2. ii

        is such a person but for the time being has (or is, by virtue of any enactment, to be treated as having) any description of such leave.