PART 1ELECTIONS
Right to vote in local government elections
4Duty to promote awareness and provide assistance
1
A principal council must—
a
promote awareness among relevant young people of the arrangements for registration as local government electors that apply to them;
b
take the steps the council considers necessary to help relevant young people register as local government electors.
2
In this section “relevant young people” means—
a
persons resident in the principal council's area who have attained the age of 14, but are under the age of 18;
b
persons of the same age who—
i
are not resident in the area of the principal council, and
ii
are looked after by the council;
c
persons of the same age who—
i
are not resident in the area of the principal council, and
ii
are persons to whom the council has a duty to safeguard and promote their well-being under section 109 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4).
3
In this section, a person is looked after if the person is a looked after child for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.