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- Sch. A1 para. 4 applied by S.I. 2023/1150 reg. 23
- Sch. A1 inserted by S.I. 2023/1150 Sch. 1
- Sch. 2 para. 3(10) amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2023/1147, reg. 17(5)(a)(iii) by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 19(2)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 3(10) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(a)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 4(6) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(b)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 10A inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(d)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(1)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(e)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(5A)(5B) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(e)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 11(8)-(10) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(e)(iii)
- Sch. 2 para. 14(7A)(7B) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(f)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 16(2)(ab) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(h)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 16(2E) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(h)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 16B-16D inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 17(4A)-(4E) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(j)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 9A inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 29(1A) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 43(3A) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(d)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 43A-43D inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(e)
- Sch. 2 para. 46A-46E inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(g)
- Sch. 2 para. 55(6)-(9) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(h)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 57(1)(g) and word inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(i)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a)(ii)(iii) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(k)(iii)(bb)
- Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c)(ii) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(k)(iv)(bb)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(ca) inserted by S.I. 2024/43 reg. 24(2)
- Sch. 2 para. 7(14) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147, reg. 17(5)(ca)(iii) (as inserted) by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 19(2)(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(6) omitted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(b)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(5) substituted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(a)
- Sch. 2 para. 6(5)-(7) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 6(5) by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(5)(c)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(7) word substituted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(c)(i)
- Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a)(i) words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a) renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(a)(i) by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(k)(iii)(aa)
- Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c)(i) words in Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c) renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 59A(1)(c)(i) by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(6)(k)(iv)(aa)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(c)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(c)(ii)
- Sch. 2 para. 16C(7)(d) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1406 reg. 12(c)(iii)
- Sch. 3 rule 11(2)(c) inserted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(4)(b)
- Sch. 3 rule 34(1)(ba) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(7)(b)
- Sch. 3 rule 49(2)(e) and word inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(7)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 3 rule 37 Table modified (temp.) by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 2 para. 21(2)(3)
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 11 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 13 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 12 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 2 para. 23(3)
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 14 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 2 para. 23(3)
- Sch. 3 rule 5(3) substituted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(4)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 11 substituted by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 13 substituted by S.I. 2023/1147 Sch. 8 Pt. 2
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 12 substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 Sch. 6 Pt. 2
- Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 14 substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 Sch. 6 Pt. 2
- Sch. 3 rule 49(2)(c) word omitted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(7)(c)(i)
- Sch. 3 rule 37(1)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(7)(a)
- Sch. 3 rule 5(1) words omitted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(4)(a)(i)
- Sch. 3 rule 37 table words omitted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(7)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 3 rule 13(3) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(4)(c)(i)
- Sch. 3 rule 13(3) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(4)(c)(ii)
- Sch. 3 rule 37 table words substituted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(7)(b)(i)
- Sch. 3 rule 32(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(7)(a)(i)
- Sch. 3 rule 32(1)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(7)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 4 para. 27(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(8)(a)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 27(1)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(8)(a)(ii)
- Sch. 4 para. 27(2) words substituted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(8)(b)
- Sch. 7 para. 14A inserted by S.I. 2024/428 reg. 4(3)
- Sch. 10 para. 3(1)(b)(v) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(10)(b)
- art. 3A inserted by S.I. 2023/1150 reg. 36(3)
- art. 13(1)(ea) art. 13(1)(ee) renumbered as art. 13(1)(ea) by S.I. 2024/131 reg. 22(2)(a)
- art. 13(1)(ea) words inserted by S.I. 2024/131 reg. 22(2)(b)
- art. 18(1A) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(3)(a)
- art. 18A inserted by S.I. 2023/1141 reg. 4(2)
- art. 22(5A)-(5F) inserted by S.I. 2023/1225 reg. 8(3)
- art. 87(5) inserted by S.I. 2023/1147 reg. 17(4)
FormsU.K.
70. These are the forms referred to in Parts 1 to 7 of this ScheduleM1.
| Form 6 [F1(in English and in Welsh)] | Nomination of candidates (rule 5) |
| Form 7 | Consent to nomination (rule 8) |
| F2. . . | F2. . . |
| Form 8B | Ballot paper F3... [F4rule 19(1)]) |
| Form 9 | Corresponding number list for issue of postal ballot papers at a PCC election (rule 20(2)) |
| Form 10 | Corresponding number list for use in polling station at a PCC election (rule 20(3)) |
| Form 11 | Official poll card (rule 28) |
| Form 12 | Official postal poll card (rule 28) |
| Form 13 | Official proxy poll card (rule 28) |
| Form 14 | Official postal proxy poll card (rule 28) |
| [F5Form 14A | Ballot paper refusal list (rule 29(4A))] |
| Form 15 | F6. . . |
| Form 16 | Notice for guidance of voters for exhibition inside and outside polling station (rule 30(1)(b)) |
| Form 17 | Certificate as to employment on duty on the day of the poll (rule 34(4)) |
| Form 18 | Declaration to be made by companion of a voter with disabilities (rule 41) |
Form 6F7F8F9F10F11F12F13U.K.
Textual Amendments
F7 Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 6, the word "/constituency" inserted after "(local authority)" in the box headed "voting area" (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(b)(i) (with art. 1(3))
F8Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 6, para. 4A inserted in the notes as follows (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(b)(ii) (with art. 1(3))
“4A. The voting area must be completed. This will be the local authority unless, in Wales, an ordinary PCC election is to be combined with a general election to the Welsh Assembly, in which case it will be the Assembly constituency.”
F9Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6 the words "We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at Police and Crime Commissioner elections" substituted for "We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at local government elections" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(i)
F10Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6 the words "We the undersigned being Police and Crime Commissioner electors" substituted for "We the undersigned being local government electors" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(ii)
F11Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6, para. 7(a) substituted as follows (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(iii)
“(a) means a person who, on the last day for the publication of notice of the Police and Crime Commissioner election, is registered in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election in respect of an address that is within the police area in question; and”
F12Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6, in para. 8 the words "in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election" substituted for "in the register of local government electors" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(iv)
F13Sch. 3 rule 70: Welsh version of Form 6 amended (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(b)
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Form 7F15F16U.K.
Textual Amendments
F15Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 7, in the second bullet the words "in the register of electors in relation to a police and crime commissioner election" substituted for "in the register of local government electors for an electoral area" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(c)
F16Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 7 the words ", or police, fire and crime commissioner," inserted after "commissioner" (28.2.2020) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/190), arts. 1(2), 2(4)
F17Form 8AU.K.
Textual Amendments
F17Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 8A omitted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(15)(b)
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[F18Form 8B]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F18Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 8B substituted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), Sch. 3
Form of front of ballot paperU.K.
Form of back of ballot paperU.K.
[F19Form 11: Official poll card]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F19Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 11 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
Front of formU.K.
Rear of formU.K.
[F20Form 12: Official postal poll card (to be sent to a voter voting by post)]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F20Sch. 3 rule 70 Forms 11-14 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 1(5))
Front of cardU.K.
Back of cardU.K.
[F21Form 13: Official proxy poll card]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F21Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 13 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(c), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
Front of formU.K.
Rear of formU.K.
Form 14: Official postal proxy poll cardU.K.
Front of cardU.K.
Back of cardU.K.
[F22Form 14A: Ballot paper refusal list]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F22Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 14A inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(d), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F23Form 15U.K.
Textual Amendments
F23Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 15 omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(3) (with art. 1(5))
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F24Form 16: Notice for guidance of voters for exhibition inside and outside polling station]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F24Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 16 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(e), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
[F25Form 17: Certificate as to employment on duty on the day of the pollU.K.
Textual Amendments
F25Sch. 3 rule 70 Forms 17, 18 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 1(5))
[F26Form 18: Declaration to be made by companion of a voter with disabilitiesU.K.
Textual Amendments
F26Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 18 substituted (29.12.2022) by The Assistance with Voting for Persons with Disabilities (Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1309), reg. 1(3), Sch. 5 (with reg. 1(4))
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 inserted (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(a) (with art. 1(3))
F2Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 omitted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(15)(a)(i)
F3Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 omitted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(15)(a)(ii)(aa)
F4Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 substituted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(15)(a)(ii)(bb)
F5Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(a) (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F6Words in Sch. 3 rule 70 omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(3) (with art. 1(5))
F7 Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 6, the word "/constituency" inserted after "(local authority)" in the box headed "voting area" (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(b)(i) (with art. 1(3))
F8Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 6, para. 4A inserted in the notes as follows (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(b)(ii) (with art. 1(3))
“4A. The voting area must be completed. This will be the local authority unless, in Wales, an ordinary PCC election is to be combined with a general election to the Welsh Assembly, in which case it will be the Assembly constituency.”
F9Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6 the words "We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at Police and Crime Commissioner elections" substituted for "We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at local government elections" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(i)
F10Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6 the words "We the undersigned being Police and Crime Commissioner electors" substituted for "We the undersigned being local government electors" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(ii)
F11Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6, para. 7(a) substituted as follows (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(iii)
“(a) means a person who, on the last day for the publication of notice of the Police and Crime Commissioner election, is registered in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election in respect of an address that is within the police area in question; and”
F12Sch. 3 rule 70: in the English version of Form 6, in para. 8 the words "in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election" substituted for "in the register of local government electors" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(a)(iv)
F13Sch. 3 rule 70: Welsh version of Form 6 amended (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(b)
F14Welsh version of Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 6 inserted (4.3.2016) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/300), arts. 1(2), 11(6)(c), Sch. (with art. 1(3))
F15Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 7, in the second bullet the words "in the register of electors in relation to a police and crime commissioner election" substituted for "in the register of local government electors for an electoral area" (1.4.2018) by The Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/272), regs. 1, 6(c)
F16Sch. 3 rule 70: in Form 7 the words ", or police, fire and crime commissioner," inserted after "commissioner" (28.2.2020) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/190), arts. 1(2), 2(4)
F17Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 8A omitted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), art. 5(15)(b)
F18Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 8B substituted (21.12.2022) (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections and Welsh Forms (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1354), Sch. 3
F19Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 11 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(b), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F20Sch. 3 rule 70 Forms 11-14 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 1(5))
F21Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 13 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(c), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F22Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 14A inserted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(d), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F23Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 15 omitted (6.4.2014) by virtue of The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(3) (with art. 1(5))
F24Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 16 substituted (16.1.2023) by The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1382), regs. 1(3), 60(15)(e), Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with reg. 1(6)(7))
F25Sch. 3 rule 70 Forms 17, 18 substituted (6.4.2014) by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/921), arts. 1(5), 38(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 1(5))
F26Sch. 3 rule 70 Form 18 substituted (29.12.2022) by The Assistance with Voting for Persons with Disabilities (Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1309), reg. 1(3), Sch. 5 (with reg. 1(4))
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