1. This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2017.
2. This Order comes into force on 13th February 2017 but has no effect in relation to any election in respect of which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election, as defined by rule 3 in each of Schedules 2 and 3 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006(1), is on or before 3rd May 2017.
3. In article 4(1) (Welsh versions of forms of words) of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 2007(2), before sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(za)“Ethol cynghorwyr i [rhowch enw’r awdurdod lleol]” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for the words “Election of councillors to [insert name of local authority]”;”.
Chris Skidmore
Minister for the Constitution
Cabinet Office
8th February 2017