SCHEDULE 12AMENDMENTS TO SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS, GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY ELECTIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITY REFERENDUMS AND LOCAL AUTHORITY MAYORAL ELECTIONS

PART 1AMENDMENTS TO SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 20047

1

Amend the Schedule to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 2004 M1 (Forms) as follows.

2

In Part 1 (Forms in Welsh), in the further questions to be put to a person applying as a proxy for a ballot paper—

a

in the first question, for “gwr [gwraig]” substitute “ priod, partner sifil ”; and

b

in the second question, for “wr, gwraig” substitute “ briod, partner sifil ”.

3

In Part 2 (Forms partly in Welsh and partly in English), in the cerdyn pleidleisio swyddogol dirprwy / proxy's official poll card—

a

for “husband, wife”, which appears in the fourth paragraph of the English language text on the back of the card, substitute “ spouse, civil partner ”; and

b

for “wr, gwraig”, which appears in the fourth paragraph of the Welsh language text on the back of the form, substitute “ briod, partner sifil ”.