Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

17 (1) The Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows. E+W

(2) In regulation 4(10), in the definition of “relevant enactment”, in paragraph (b)—

(a) omit “(3AB) or”;

(b) after ”(3AC)” insert “ , or section 36B(1) ”.

(3) In regulation 5(1)—

(a) in paragraph (c), after “election” insert “ in England, ”;

(b) after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca) at a local government election in Wales, by those rules in the rules made under section 36A of the 1983 Act which correspond to the rules specified in paragraph (2);”.

(4) In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c)—

(i) after “section 36” insert “ of the 1983 Act ”;

(ii) omit “and Wales”;

(iii) before “of the 1983 ” insert “ and subsections (1) to (3) of section 36C ”;

(iv) after “Act” insert “ (local elections in Wales) ”;

(b) in paragraph (2) after “section 36(6)” insert “ and section 36C(3) ”;

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) omit “, (3AB)”;

(ii) after “(3AC)” insert “ or section 36B(1) ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 20.3.2021, see s. 175(3)(f)