The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) (Amendment) Order 2020

Amendment of article 37 (appointment of election agent)

45.—(1) Article 37 (appointment of election agent) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (9), after “agent” insert “who is not also a candidate”.

(3) After paragraph (9) insert—

(10) Upon the name and address of an election agent who is also a candidate being declared to the returning officer—

(a)the appropriate returning officer must give public notice of that name, and save where the agent has requested on a home address form not to make their home address public, the address. If the address is not to be made public, the constituency or country will be released, as required by Schedule 5 to this Order;

(b)in the case of the regional election, the regional returning officer must give notice to the constituency returning officer for each Senedd Cymru constituency in the Senedd Cymru electoral region of the name, and save where the agent has requested on a home address form not to make their home address public, the address. If the address is not to be made public, the constituency or country will be released, as required by Schedule 5 to this Order.