The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2016

Amendment of Schedule 4 (combination of polls: Assembly elections and local government elections)

17.—(1) Amend Schedule 4 (combination of polls) as follows.

(2) For paragraph 14 (rule 48 of Schedule 5: voting by person with disabilities) substitute—

“14.   At the end of rule 48 of Schedule 5 add—

“(10) Where the poll at an Assembly election is taken together with the poll at a local government election—

(a) the form of declaration mentioned in paragraph (7)(a) is to be in form CQ1 set out in English and Welsh in Schedule 10; and

(b) the same list of voters with disabilities assisted by companions may be used for each election and, where it is so used, an entry in that list is to be taken to mean the votes were so given in respect of each election, unless the list identifies the election at which a vote was so given.””

(3) In paragraph 24 (rule 76 of Schedule 5: abandoned poll), in paragraph (11)(a) of rule 76 (as modified) for “Schedule 5” substitute “Schedule 4”.

(4) Omit paragraph 25 (modification of form for direction of voters at an Assembly election).

(5) Omit paragraph 26 (modification of form for declaration to be made by companion of voter with disabilities).

(6) In paragraph 44 (modification of form for direction of voters at a principal area election), for “paragraph 25” substitute “form CP set out in English and Welsh in Schedule 10 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007”.

(7) In paragraph 45 (modification of form of declaration to be made by the companion of a voter with disabilities at a principal area election), for “substituted the following form—” and the form substituted, substitute “form CQ1 set out in English and Welsh in Schedule 10 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007.”

(8) In paragraph 62 (modification of form for direction of voters at a parish or community election), for “paragraph 25” substitute “form CP set out in English and Welsh in Schedule 10 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007”.

(9) In paragraph 63 (substitution of form of declaration to be made by companion of a voter with disabilities at a parish or community election), for “the form set out in paragraph 45” substitute “the form CQ1 set out in English and Welsh in Schedule 10 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007”.