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(1)The persons entitled to vote at an election of Assembly members (or of an Assembly member) in an Assembly constituency are those who on the day of the poll—
(a)would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government election in an electoral area wholly or partly included in the Assembly constituency, and
(b)are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the Assembly constituency.
(2)But a person is not entitled as an elector—
(a)to cast more than one constituency vote, or more than one electoral region vote, in the same Assembly constituency at any ordinary election,
(b)to vote in more than one Assembly constituency at any ordinary election, or
(c)to cast more than one vote in an election held under section 8.
(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision as to—
(a)the conduct of elections for the return of Assembly members,
(b)the questioning of an election for the return of Assembly members and the consequences of irregularities, and
(c)the return of an Assembly member otherwise than at an election.
(2)The provision which may be made under subsection (1)(a) includes, in particular, provision—
(a)about the registration of electors,
(b)for disregarding alterations in a register of electors,
(c)about the limitation of the election expenses of candidates F1. . . (and the creation of criminal offences in connection with the limitation of such expenses),
(d)for the combination of polls at elections for the return of Assembly members and other elections, and
(e)for modifying the operation of section 4 in a case where the poll at an election for the return of the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency is abandoned (or notice of it is countermanded).
(3)An order under this section may—
(a)apply or incorporate, with or without modifications or exceptions, any provision of, or made under, the Representation of the People Acts or the M1European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978 or any other enactment relating to parliamentary elections, European Parliamentary elections or local government elections,
(b)modify any form contained in, or in regulations or rules made under, the Representation of the People Acts so far as may be necessary to enable it to be used both for the original purpose and in relation to elections for the return of Assembly members, and
(c)so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision made by this Act or an order under this section, amend any provision made by or under any enactment relating to the registration of parliamentary electors or local government electors.
(4)An order under this section may require sums to be paid by the Assembly.
(5)No return of an Assembly member at an election shall be questioned except by an election petition under the provisions of Part III of the Representation of the M2People Act 1983 as applied by or incorporated in an order under this section.
(6)In this Act “regional returning officer”, in relation to any Assembly electoral region, means the person designated as the regional returning officer for the Assembly electoral region in accordance with an order under this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11(2)(c) repealed (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, s. 158, Sch. 21 para. 12(3), Sch. 22 (with s. 156(2)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I Annex (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 11 amended (16.2.2001) by 2000 c. 41, ss. 7(2)(f), 8(3)(b) (with s. 156(6)); S.I. 2001/222, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 1 Pt. II)
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