http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2020/1/section/19/2020-06-01Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to rename the National Assembly for Wales, to extend the right to vote in Senedd elections, to amend the law relating to disqualification from membership of the Senedd, to make provision regarding oversight of the work of the Electoral Commission, to make miscellaneous changes to the law relating to the government of Wales and for related purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-09-142020-06-01 PART 3 ELECTIONS<Emphasis>Electoral registration</Emphasis>Declarations of local connection191Section 7B of the 1983 Act (notional residence: declarations of local connection) is amended as follows.2After subsection (2) insert—2AIn relation to the registration of local government electors in Wales, this section also applies to a person who, on the date on which the person makes a declaration under subsection (1)—ais under 18 years of age,bdoes not fall within any of the paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2), andcmeets any of the requirements specified in subsection (2B).2BThe requirements are that—athe person is, or has been, a child who is looked after by a local authority, orbthe person is being kept in any secure accommodation specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers in circumstances specified in the regulations.2CThe power to make regulations under subsection (2B)(b) is exercisable by statutory instrument and is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Senedd.2DIn subsection (2B)—athe reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 1) (see section 74);bsecure accommodation” means accommodation for the purpose of restricting the liberty of persons under the age of 18.3In subsection (3)(e), after “Union” insert “ or (if the declaration is made for the purposes only of the registration of local government electors in Wales) a qualifying foreign citizen ”.4In subsection (4), after paragraph (b) insert—cin the case of a person falling within subsection (2A), any of the following—ian address in Wales at which the person has previously been resident, oriian address used by a council of a county or county borough in Wales in which the person has previously been resident.5After subsection (7) insert—7ADespite anything in subsection (7), in relation to Wales, a relevant declaration made by a person has effect only for the person's registration as a local government elector.7BIn subsection (7A) a “relevant declaration” means—aa declaration of local connection made by virtue of subsection (2A);ba declaration of local connection made by a qualifying foreign citizen;cany other declaration of local connection made by a person who, on the date on which the declaration is made, is—iunder the age of 17, andiinot entitled to be registered in the register of parliamentary electors.7CA relevant declaration referred to in subsection (7A) must be marked to show that it is available only for the purposes of registration as a local government elector, but otherwise is to be the same as other declarations of local connection.
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