On the date on which this Order comes into force, ERO functions are to be treated as transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 45 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2018 Order (transfer of functions in relation to electoral legislation).

Paragraph (3) of article 45 of the 2018 Order applies in relation to ERO functions as if the reference to the coming into force of that article were a reference to the coming into force of this Order.

In this article—

• “the 2018 Order” means the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 20184;

• “ERO functions” means functions—

  1. a

     which were not transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 45 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 2018 Order, but

  2. b

     which would have been so transferred if the amendments made by article 2 of this Order had been in force on the date on which article 45 of the 2018 Order came into force.