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Amendment of Schedule 9 (modification of Election Petition Rules 1960)
65.—(1) Schedule 9 (modification of Election Petition Rules 1960) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 3 (rule 2(3) of the 1960 Rules (prescribed officer)), omit “under Part 1 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 or, as the case may be,”.
(3) In paragraph 4 (rule 4(1) of the 1960 Rules (form of petition)), for sub-paragraph (2)(b) substitute—
“(b)“the Clerk of the Crown” shall be construed as a reference to the Clerk; and”.
(4) In paragraph 8—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a)—
(i)omit paragraph (i);
(ii)in paragraph (ii), for “any subsequent” substitute “an”;
(iii)omit paragraph (iii);
(iv)in paragraph (iv), for “any subsequent Assembly” substitute “a Senedd Cymru”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “[or, in the case of a return under section 9 of the Government of Wales Act 1998” to “section 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006)]” substitute “[or, in the case of a return under section 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, claims to have had a right to be returned under section 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006]”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i)omit “* section 9(6) of the Government of Wales Act 1998/”;
(ii)omit “(*delete as appropriate)”;
(d)in sub-paragraph (e)(ii)—
(i)omit “* section 9 of the Government of Wales Act 1998/”;
(ii)omit “(*delete as appropriate)”.
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