The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

3.—(1) Schedule 2 is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 5 (nomination papers: name of registered political party), in paragraph (6)(b), for the words from “if the electoral area” to “that part of Great Britain” substitute “if the party was on the relevant day registered in respect of England”.

(3) In rule 7 (consent to nomination)—

(a) in paragraph (b)(i), omit “for a nomination in England,” and the “or” at the end;

(b) omit paragraph (b)(ii).

(4) In rule 18 (the official mark), in paragraph (2), omit “county borough,”.

(5) In rule 26 (equipment of polling stations)—

(a) omit paragraphs (4A) and (4B);

(b) in paragraph (5)(a), omit “in the case of an election of councillors of a principal area in England,”;

(c) omit paragraphs (5)(aa) and (5A).

(6) In rule 33 (questions to be put to voters), in paragraph (1), in the Table, in the third column (Question), in each of questions 1(b), 2(b) and 4, omit “*(this county borough)”.

(7) In the Appendix of Forms, omit the versions of the following forms that have effect only in relation to Wales—

(a) the form of nomination paper;

(b) the form of candidate’s consent to nomination;

(c) the form of the front of ballot paper;

(d) the form of the back of ballot paper.