C1Part 1F10Senedd Cymru
Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)
General elections
4I1Power to vary date of ordinary general election
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Subject to section 3(1A), the Presiding Officer may propose, for the holding of the poll at an ordinary general election, a day which is not more than one month earlier, nor more than one month later, than the first Thursday in May.
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If the Presiding Officer proposes a day under subsection (1), Her Majesty may by proclamation under the Welsh Seal—
a
dissolve the F9Senedd,
b
require the poll at the election to be held on the day proposed, and
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Where a day is specified by an order under section 3(1B), subsection (1) applies as if the reference to the first Thursday in May were a reference to that day.
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In calculating any period of days for the purposes of provision made by virtue of subsection F7(2)(c), the following days are to be disregarded—
a
Saturday and Sunday,
b
Good Friday,
c
any day which is a bank holiday in Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), and
d
any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
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F4The Welsh Ministers may by order make provision for—
a
any provision of, or made under, the Representation of the People Acts, or
b
any other enactment relating to the election of F8Members of the Senedd ,
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Words 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)