4.—(1) Rule 4 of the 1960 Rules shall apply with the following modifications.
(2) In rule 4(1)(b)—
(a)“in the case of a parliamentary election” shall be disregarded;
(b)“the Clerk of the Crown” shall be construed as a reference to the Assembly constituted by the 1998 Act in respect of a return made before the 2007 Assembly general election and as a reference to the Clerk in respect of any subsequent return; and
(c)in the case of a regional election, “result”, “return was” and “member” shall be construed as “results”, “returns were” and “members” respectively.
(3) Rule 4(1) shall be construed as if after paragraph (1)(b) there were inserted—
“(ba)in the case of a petition relating to a return in respect of an electoral region vacancy the date on which the person was declared to be returned as an Assembly member;”.