19.—(1) The Representation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 17 (amendment of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012), in paragraph (5)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a)—
(i)in paragraph (i), for “after “electors” insert “, other” substitute “at the end insert “other”;
(ii)for paragraph (iii) substitute—
“(iii)after sub-paragraph (9) insert—
“(10) In this paragraph “relevant Welsh elector” means a person who is included in the record mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a) only by virtue of an entitlement to vote by post or by proxy at local government elections in Wales.”;”;
(b)after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)in paragraph 7 (voting as proxy)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (6), in paragraph (a) at the end insert “and is not a relevant Welsh proxy”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (7), in paragraph (a), in sub-paragraph (ii) at the end insert “and are not relevant Welsh proxies”;
(iii)after sub-paragraph (13) insert—
“(14) In this paragraph “relevant Welsh proxy” means a person who is included in the record kept under paragraph 7(6) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 only by virtue of an entitlement to vote by post as proxy at local government elections in Wales.”;”.
(3) In Schedule 2 (transitional provisions and savings), in paragraph 20 (saving for certain postal and proxy voting entitlements at ongoing PCC elections in Wales)—
(a)in the heading, for “postal and proxy” substitute “postal, proxy and postal proxy”;
(b)for “and (b)” substitute “, (b) and (ca)”.