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Part 1U.K. [F1Senedd Cymru]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Franchise and conduct of electionsU.K.

12Entitlement to voteU.K.

(1)The persons entitled to vote at an election of [F2Members of the Senedd] (or of [F3a Member of the Senedd]) in [F4a Senedd] 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 [F5Senedd] constituency F6..., and

(b)are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the [F5Senedd] constituency.

F7(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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 [F5Senedd] constituency at any general election,

(b)to vote in more than one [F5Senedd] constituency at any general election, or

(c)to cast more than one vote in any election held under section 10.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Ss. 1-94, 97-106 in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))

[F913Power of the Welsh Ministers to make provision about elections etcU.K.

(1)The Welsh Ministers may by order make provision that would be within the legislative competence of the [F5Senedd] , if included in an Act of the [F5Senedd], as to—

(a)the conduct of elections of [F2Members of the Senedd],

(b)the questioning of an election of [F2Members of the Senedd] and the consequences of irregularities, and

(c)the return of [F3a Member of the Senedd] otherwise than at an election.

(2)The provision that 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 (and the creation of criminal offences in connection with the limitation of such expenses),

(d)for the combination of polls,

(e)for modifying the application of sections 6 and 8(2) where the poll at an election for the return of [F4a Senedd] constituency member is abandoned (or notice of it is countermanded), and

(f)for modifying section 9(7) to ensure the allocation of the correct number of seats for the region.

(3)The provision that may be made under subsection (1)(c) includes, in particular, provision modifying section 11(3) to (5).

(4)An order under this section may—

(a)apply or incorporate, with or without modifications or exceptions, any provision of or made under the election enactments, and

(b)so far as may be necessary in consequence of any provision made by an order under this section, make modifications of any provision made by or under any enactment relating to the registration of parliamentary electors or local government electors.

(5)In subsection (4)(a) “"the election enactments”” means—

(a)the Representation of the People Acts,

(b)the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000,

(c)F10... and

(d)any other enactments relating to parliamentary elections F11... or local government elections.

(6)No return of [F3a Member of the Senedd] at an election may be questioned except by an election petition under the provisions of Part 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied or incorporated in an order under this section.

(7)No order is to be made under this section unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the [F5Senedd].]

Textual Amendments

F9Ss. 13, 13A substituted for s. 13 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 5(1), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(b)

[F913APower of the Secretary of State to make provision about the combination of pollsU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for—

(a)the combination of polls at ordinary general elections of [F2Members of the Senedd] with polls at [F12parliamentary by-elections], and

(b)the combination of polls at extraordinary general elections of [F2Members of the Senedd], and by-elections for the return of [F2Members of the Senedd], with polls at [F13parliamentary by-elections or parliamentary general elections].

F14(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F15(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)The Secretary of State may not make regulations under this section without the agreement of the Welsh Ministers.

(5)Regulations under this section may—

(a)apply or incorporate, with or without modifications or exceptions, any provision made by or under the election enactments, and

(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 of [F2Members of the Senedd].

(6)In subsection (5)(a) “"the election enactments”” has the meaning given by section 13(5).

(7)No regulations are to be made under this section unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]

Textual Amendments

F9Ss. 13, 13A substituted for s. 13 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 5(1), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(b)