The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2016

Voting areas

8.—(1) Amend regulation 2 (interpretation) as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1983 Act” insert—

““the 2007 Order” means the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007;”;

(b) in the definition of “voting area” for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (4)”.

(3) In paragraph (2), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraph (4),”.

(4) After paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) This paragraph applies to a PCC election, the date of the poll for which is on or after 1st May 2016 and which is required, by virtue of article 16A of the 2007 Order, to be taken together with the poll at an Assembly election.

(4) Where paragraph (3) applies, an Assembly constituency as it exists on the day of the PCC election mentioned in that paragraph (and not a county or county borough) is a “voting area” for the purposes of these Regulations.

(5) In this regulation—

“the Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;

“Assembly constituency” and “Assembly electoral region” mean an Assembly constituency or (as the case may be) electoral region as provided by section 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006; and

“Assembly election” means an election to return a member of the Assembly for an Assembly constituency or an election to return members of the Assembly for an Assembly electoral region (or both).”.