PART 2A

CO-ORDINATION OF ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION

General

Interpretation of this Part
20I
In this Part—
- “
the 1983 Act
” (“
Deddf 1983
”) means the Representation of the People Act
1983 (c. 2)
;
- “devolved referendums”(“
refferenda datganoledig
”) means referendums held under—
  1. section 27 of the Local Government Act
2000 (c. 22)
or by virtue of regulations or an order made under Part 2 of that Act;
  2. section 40 of the 2011 Measure;
  3. any other enactment (whenever passed or made) that would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were in a provision of an Act of the Senedd (whether the provision would require the consent of a Minister of the Crown or not);
- “
electoral registration officer
” (“
swyddog cofrestru etholiadol
”) means an officer appointed under section 8(2A) of the 1983 Act or any person who may exercise the functions of the officer;
- “
local government elections
” (“
etholiadau llywodraeth leol
”) means the election of—
  1. councillors for an electoral ward of a county or county borough,
  2. councillors for a community ward or, in the case of a community where there are no wards, for the community, or
  3. an elected mayor or elected executive member under regulations made by virtue of section 44 of the Local Government Act
2000 (c. 22)
;
- “
reserved election
” (”
etholiad a gedwir yn ôl
”) means—
  1. an election for membership of the House of Commons;
  2. an election for the office of police and crime commissioner;
- “
returning officer
” (“
swyddog canlyniadau
”) means—
  1. a returning officer (however described)—
    1. appointed under section 35(1A) of the 1983 Act,
    2. designated in accordance with an order made under section 13 of the Government of Wales Act
2006 (c. 32)
(“
the 2006 Act
”), or
    3. appointed under regulations made by virtue of section 44 or 45 of the Local Government Act
2000 (c. 22)
;
  2. any person who may exercise the functions of a returning officer falling within paragraph (a).
Pt. 2A inserted (1.1.2025) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 1(2), 72(4); S.I. 2024/1337, art. 2(a)