The Referendum on the Voting System (Welsh Forms) Order 2011

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Referendum on the Voting System (Welsh Forms) Order 2011 and comes into force seven days after the day on which it is laid before Parliament.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order–

(a) “the 2011 Act” means the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011(1);

(b) “the referendum” means the referendum on the voting system for parliamentary elections provided for in Part 1 of the 2011 Act;

(c) a reference to a numbered rule is a reference to the rule of that number contained in the referendum rules in Schedule 2 to the 2011 Act and a reference to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule bearing that number in that Act.

Welsh version of prescribed forms or forms of words

3.  Each of the forms or forms of words set out in Schedule 1 to this Order is prescribed as the Welsh version which may be used in Wales at the referendum in place of—

(a) in the case of form 1, the form prescribed by rule 21(4)(b);

(b) in the case of form 2, the form prescribed by rule 31(5)(a);

(c) in the case of form 3, the form prescribed by paragraph 27(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(d) in the case of form 4, the form prescribed by paragraph 34(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(e) in the case of form 5, the form of words prescribed by rule 24(1).

Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms

4.  Each of the forms set out in Schedule 2 to this Order is prescribed as the version partly in Welsh and partly in English which must be used in Wales at the referendum in place of—

(a) in the case of form 1, the form of the ballot paper prescribed by rule 5(1);

(b) in the case of form 2, the form prescribed by rule 6(2);

(c) in the case of form 3, the form prescribed by rule 12(1)(b);

(d) in the case of form 4, the form prescribed by rule 15(5)(a);

(e) in the case of form 5, the form prescribed by rule 15(5)(b);

(f) in the case of form 6, the form prescribed by rule 15(5)(c);

(g) in the case of form 7, the form prescribed by rule 15(5)(d);

(h) in the case of form 8, the form prescribed by rule 17(3);

(i) in the case of form 9, the form prescribed by rule 17(6);

(j) in the case of form 10, the form prescribed by paragraphs 7(3) and 8(4) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(k) in the case of form 11, the form prescribed by paragraph 10(3) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(l) in the case of form 12, the form prescribed by paragraph 11(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(m) in the case of form 13, the form prescribed by paragraph 11(4) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(n) in the case of form 14, the form prescribed by paragraph 19(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(o) in the case of form 15, the form prescribed by paragraph 21(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(p) in the case of form 16, the form prescribed by paragraph 22(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 6;

(q) in the case of form 17, the form prescribed by paragraph 31(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007(2) as modified by paragraph 59 of Part 2 of Schedule 6.

Mark Harper

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform)

Cabinet Office

18th March 2011