Deddf Senedd ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2020

22 Datganiadau o wasanaeth: darpariaeth bellach

(1) Mae Rheoliadau 2001 wedi eu diwygio fel a ganlyn.

(2) Yn rheoliad 25 (atgoffa etholwyr a gofrestrwyd yn unol â datganiad), ar ôl paragraff (4) mewnosoder—

“(5) In relation to the registration of local government electors in Wales, paragraphs (6) and (7) apply in the case of a person registered in pursuance of a service declaration made by virtue of a service qualification under section 14(1A) of the 1983 Act.

(6) The registration officer must send to the person a reminder that the person’s declaration will cease to have effect, and that the person’s entitlement to remain registered will cease, when the person attains the age of 18.

(7) The reminder must be sent as soon as practicable within the period of 3 months ending on the day on which the person attains the age of 18.”

(3) Yn rheoliad 26B (pŵer i ofyn am dystiolaeth ychwanegol lle nad oes gwybodaeth benodol ar gael neu lle bo’r swyddog cofrestru o’r farn bod hynny’n angenrheidiol)—

(a) ym mharagraff (7)—

(i) yn lle “(6)” rhodder “(6A)”;

(ii) ar ôl is-baragraff (c) mewnosoder—

“(ca) in relation to the registration of local government electors in Wales, a service declaration on the grounds that the applicant has a service qualification under section 14(1A) of the 1983 Act;”;

(b) ar ôl paragraff (9) mewnosoder—

“(9A) In the case of an application in pursuance of a service declaration within paragraph (7)(ca), the registration officer may require that the applicant give the officer one of the following documents or a copy of one of them certified by a relevant official—

(a) the applicant’s passport, or

(b) the applicant’s identity card issued in the European Economic Area.

(9B) In paragraph (9A), “relevant official” means—

(a) a Crown Servant (within the meaning of regulation 14),

(b) a British Council employee, or

(c) an officer of the forces (within the meaning of section 59(1) of the 1983 Act),

who is not the applicant’s parent, guardian, spouse or civil partner.”