8.—(1) Mae Rheoliadau 2001 wedi eu diwygio yn unol â’r rheoliad hwn.
(2) Yn rheoliad 56 (y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau)(1)—
(a)ym mharagraff (3) yn lle’r geiriau “Subject to paragraph (3A),” rhodder “Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (3B),”;
(b)Ar ôl paragraff (3A) mewnosoder—
“(3B) Where an application is made under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 in relation to a relevant Welsh by-election—
(a)on the ground that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at a polling station as a result of complying with relevant legislation, Welsh Government advice or the advice of a registered medical practitioner in relation to coronavirus; or
(b)on the ground that any person appointed as a proxy to vote for an applicant under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 is unable to attend a polling station and vote for that applicant as a result of complying with relevant legislation, Welsh Government advice or the advice of a registered medical practitioner in relation to coronavirus,
the application, or an application under paragraph 6(8) of that Schedule made by virtue of that application, shall be refused if it is received after 5pm on the day of the poll at the election for which it is made.
(3C) In paragraph (3B) the term relevant Welsh by-election means—
(a)an election of a councillor to fill a casual vacancy in the office of councillor for any county council or county borough council in Wales; or
(b)the election of a councillor to fill a casual vacancy in the office of community councillor in any community council in Wales,
where the poll for such an election was postponed as a result of the Local Government (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections) (Wales) Regulations 2020”.
(3) Rhaid i Weinidogion Cymru adolygu’r diwygiadau a wneir i Reoliadau 2001 gan y rheoliad hwn o leiaf unwaith bob blwyddyn, gyda’r adolygiad cyntaf yn cael ei gynnal erbyn 1 Hydref 2021.
(4) Bydd y rheoliad hwn yn peidio â chael effaith ar ddiwedd y cyfnod o 2 flynedd sy’n dechrau â’r diwrnod y mae’r rheoliad hwn yn dod i rym.
Diwygiwyd rheoliad 56 gan O.S. 2001/1700, O.S. 2006/752, O.S. 2006/2910 ac O.S. 2013/3198.