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The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021
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- Wales Statutory Instruments
- 2021 No. 1460 (W. 375)
- SCHEDULE 2
- PART 6
- Notice of Election
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3.—(1) The returning officer must publish notice of the election.
(2) The notice must state—
(a)the number of councillors to be returned for each electoral area,
(b)the date of the poll in the event of a contest,
(c)the place where, and the times at which, forms of nomination paper may be obtained and information about how and when forms of nomination paper may be obtained online,
(d)the latest time for the delivery of nomination papers, and
(e)the place where nomination papers may be delivered and the times at which they may be delivered to that place.
(3) The notice must also state the date by which applications to vote by post or by proxy, and other applications and notices about postal or proxy voting, must reach the registration officer in order to be effective for the election.
(4) The returning officer must also include in the notice an electronic delivery statement.
(5) An electronic delivery statement is a statement that nomination papers may be delivered—
(a)by being sent electronically to an email address in accordance with arrangements set out in the statement,
(b)by submission online in accordance with arrangements set out in the statement, or
(c)either by being sent electronically as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or by submission online as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b).
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