Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

Evaluation of pilots

17 Evaluation of pilot regulations

(1) The Electoral Commission must prepare a report on the operation of the pilot regulations before the day specified under section 6(1)(b).

(2) The report must contain, in particular—

(a) a description of—

(i) the way in which the provision made by the pilot regulations differed from the provisions which would otherwise have applied, or

(ii) in the case of pilot regulations containing provision of the kind specified in section 5(4), the provisions being tested;

(b) a copy of the pilot regulations;

(c) an assessment of the success or otherwise of the pilot regulations in achieving the objective specified in the pilot regulations;

(d) an assessment of whether provision similar to that made by the pilot regulations should apply generally, and on a permanent basis, in relation to Welsh elections or any type of Welsh election.

(3) The principal council for any area or part of an area to which pilot regulations apply must give the Commission such assistance as the Commission may reasonably require in connection with the preparation of the report.

(4) The assistance may include—

(a) making arrangements for ascertaining the views of electors about the operation of the provisions of the pilot regulations;

(b) reporting to the Commission allegations of electoral offences or other malpractice.

(5) The Commission must send a copy of the report to—

(a) the Welsh Ministers,

(b) each returning officer for the election to which the pilot regulations applied, unless the report only relates to proposals made under section 11, and

(c) if the report relates to proposals made under section 11, each electoral registration officer for an area to which the pilot regulations applied,

before the day specified in the pilot regulations.

(6) A returning officer who receives a report under subsection (5) must publish the report before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day the officer receives the report from the Commission, unless the report only relates to proposals made under section 11.

(7) An electoral registration officer who receives a report under subsection (5) must publish the report before the end of the period of one month beginning with the day the officer receives the report from the Commission.