Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc1)

.SCHEDULE 2 E+W Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 1: elections

PART 2 E+W Subordinate legislation

Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341) E+W

16 (1) The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows. E+W

(2) In regulation 32(1) after “(aza),” insert “ (azaa), ”.

(3) In regulation 42—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “(3),” insert “ (3A), ”;

(b) after paragraph (3), insert—

“(3A) To indicate that a qualifying foreign citizen is registered only in the register of local government electors in Wales, the letter “M” shall be placed against the person's entry.”

(4) In regulation 65(b)—

(a) omit “or (3AB)”;

(b) after “section 36” insert “ or subsection (1) of section 36B ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 16(1) in force at 20.3.2021, see s. 175(3)(f)

Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/294) E+W

17 (1) The Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows. E+W

(2) In regulation 4(10), in the definition of “relevant enactment”, in paragraph (b)—

(a) omit “(3AB) or”;

(b) after ”(3AC)” insert “ , or section 36B(1) ”.

(3) In regulation 5(1)—

(a) in paragraph (c), after “election” insert “ in England, ”;

(b) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) at a local government election in Wales, by those rules in the rules made under section 36A of the 1983 Act which correspond to the rules specified in paragraph (2);”.

(4) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c)—

(i) after “section 36” insert “ of the 1983 Act ”;

(ii) omit “and Wales”;

(iii) before “of the 1983 ” insert “ and subsections (1) to (3) of section 36C ”;

(iv) after “Act” insert “ (local elections in Wales) ”;

(b) in paragraph (2) after “section 36(6)” insert “ and section 36C(3) ”;

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) omit “, (3AB)”;

(ii) after “(3AC)” insert “ or section 36B(1) ”.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 20.3.2021, see s. 175(3)(f)

Business Improvement Districts (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1312) E+W

18 E+W In regulation 6(1) of the Business Improvement Districts (Wales) Regulations 2005 (ballot holder), for the words from “whom” to the end substitute “ who, by virtue of section 35(1A) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, is the returning officer for elections to the relevant billing authority ”.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 2 para. 18 in force at 20.3.2021, see s. 175(3)(f)

Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3304) E+W

F1 19 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 19 omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/263), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 1(b) (with reg. 12(g))

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 2 para. 19 in force at 20.3.2021, see s. 175(3)(f) (subject to s. 3)