Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order replaces and revokes the European Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 1979 (“the 1979 Order”). The forms prescribed by Schedule 1 to this Order are versions partly in Welsh and partly in English which must be used at a European Parliamentary election in Wales for the purposes referred to in article 4 of this Order. The forms prescribed by Schedule 2 to this Order are Welsh versions of certain forms which may be used at a European Parliamentary election in Wales.
The differences between this Order and the 1979 Order are as follows. The bilingual versions of the official poll cards in Schedule 1 to this Order are based on the revised versions of those cards prescribed by the Representation of the People Regulations 1986, as applied by the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986. In addition Schedule 1 now prescribes a bilingual version of the voting compartment notice and the declarations of identity prescribed by the Representation of the People Regulations 1986.
Schedule 2 to this Order omits the Welsh version of the declaration of secrecy consequent on the repeal of the requirement for such a declaration but includes the Welsh version of the directions for the guidance of the voters in voting.