1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wales Act 2017 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st April 2018.
2.—(1) The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 26 (applications for registration)—
(a)in paragraph (9) for the words from the beginning to “Cabinet Office” substitute “Where, by virtue of arrangements made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, an application under paragraph (1) may be made through the digital service, the Minister”;
(b)for paragraph (10) substitute—
“(10) Where an application in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration under paragraph (1) is made through the digital service, a registration officer may, but need not, accept it.”
3. The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012(2) is amended as follows.
4. In article 2 (interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “register of electors” substitute—
““register of electors” means—
in relation to a PCC election in England the register of local government electors(3);
in relation to a PCC election in Wales—
the register of parliamentary electors, excluding any entry included in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration(4); and
in the case of peers disqualified from voting as an elector at parliamentary elections and relevant citizens of the Union(5) who will have attained the age of 18 on the date of the poll, the register of local government electors;”;
(b)omit the definition of “relevant citizen of the Union”.
5. In Schedule 2 (absent voting in PCC elections)—
(a)in paragraph 3(4)(a) and (b) after “a person” insert “who is registered in the register of electors and”;
(b)in paragraph 4(2)(a) and (3)(a) after “the persons who” insert “are registered in the register of electors and”;
(c)in paragraphs 5(3)(b) and 6(3)(b) omit “for any area of Great Britain or Northern Ireland.”.
6. In rule 70 (forms) of Schedule 3 (rules for conduct)—
(a)in the English version of Form 6 (nomination of candidates)—
(i)for “We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at local government elections” substitute “We, the undersigned, being persons entitled to vote at Police and Crime Commissioner elections”;
(ii)for “We the undersigned being local government electors” substitute “We the undersigned being Police and Crime Commissioner electors”;
(iii)in paragraph 7 for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)means a person who, on the last day for the publication of notice of the Police and Crime Commissioner election, is registered in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election in respect of an address that is within the police area in question; and”;
(iv)in paragraph 8 for “in the register of local government electors” substitute “in the register of electors in relation to a Police and Crime Commissioner election”;
(b)in the Welsh version of Form 6 (Ffurflen 6) (Enwebu ymgeiswyr)—
(i)for “Rydym ni, sydd wedi llofnodi isod,” where it first appears, to “ar gyfer ardal heddlu [rhowch enw’r ardal heddlu]” substitute—
“Yr ydym ni, sydd wedi llofnodi isod, yn bersonau â hawl i bleidleisio mewn etholiadau Comisiynwyr Heddlu a Throseddu ac yn byw fel arfer yn yr ardal heddlu hon, yn enwebu’r sawl y mae ei enw’n ymddangos isod fel ymgeisydd i fod yn Gomisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu ar gyfer ardal heddlu [nodwch enw’r ardal heddlu]”;
(ii)for “Rydym ni, sydd wedi llofnodi isod,” where it appears for the second time, to “drwy hyn yn cydsynio i’r enwebiad uchod.” substitute—
“Yr ydym ni, sydd wedi llofnodi isod, yn etholwyr Comisiynwyr Heddlu a Throseddu yn ardal [nodwch enw’r ardal heddlu], drwy hyn yn cydsynio i’r enwebiad a grybwyllwyd eisoes.”;
(iii)in paragraph 7 for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)yw person sydd, ar y diwrnod olaf ar gyfer cyhoeddi hysbysiad o etholiad y Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu, wedi cofrestru ar y gofrestr etholwyr mewn cysylltiad ag etholiad Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu mewn perthynas â chyfeiriad sydd o fewn yr ardal heddlu dan sylw; ac”;
(iv)for paragraph 8 substitute—
| “8 | Fodd bynnag, ni all person sydd â chofnod dienw ar y gofrestr etholwyr mewn cysylltiad ag etholiad Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu enwebu ymgeisydd i’w ethol.” |
(c)in Form 7 (consent to nomination), in the second bullet for “in the register of local government electors for an electoral area” substitute “in the register of electors in relation to a police and crime commissioner election”.
7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007(6) continues to have effect from 1st April 2018(7) as it had effect immediately before that day.
(2) From 1st April 2018 article 16 of, and Schedule 4 to, that Order (combination of polls at Assembly and local government elections) no longer have effect in relation to the combination of the polls at an ordinary Assembly general election and an ordinary local government election.
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Wales Office
28th February 2018