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.