The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituences) (Wales) Order 1995

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation this Order shall come into force on 10th May 1995.

(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to the constituences in Wales which are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995(1) or any subsequent Order in Council in respect of Wales under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986(2).

2.—(1) Articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983(3) are hereby revoked so far as they relate to Wales.

(2) Part II of Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the said Order are hereby revoked.

3.  In the case of the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, being a borough constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a district, the chairman of the council for the district of Cardiff shall be the returning officer for a parliamentary election.

4.  In the case of a county constituency in Wales specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the officer of the council appointed to be the electoral registration officer by the council of the district specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Blatch

Minister of State

Home Office

24th April 1995