(1)Pilot regulations must specify—
(a)the objective of the pilot for which they make provision;
(b)the day before which the Electoral Commission must send its report under section 17.
(2)Pilot regulations must not make provision applying to the area of a principal council (or any part of it) unless—
(a)the principal council consents, or
(b)if the council does not consent, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to any recommendations made by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru on whether the regulations should be made without the principal council’s consent.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply to pilot regulations that only contain provision of the kind specified in section 5(4) if they are made before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent.
(4)Pilot regulations must not modify section 9D of the 1983 Act (annual canvass) or any other provision relating to a canvass under that section unless the regulations implement a proposal (with or without modification) from a registration officer under section 11.
(5)Before making any pilot regulations under section 5 which relate to electoral registration without application, the Welsh Ministers must undertake consultation with such stakeholders as they consider appropriate, but in particular, with those that they deem to represent vulnerable groups.
Commencement Information
I1S. 6 in force at 10.9.2024, see s. 72(1)(a)