PART 1

ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AND REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 3

WELSH ELECTIONS PILOTING AND REFORM

Proposals for pilots

Proposals for pilots made by electoral registration officers
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1
An electoral registration officer may propose to the Welsh Ministers that pilot regulations are made in relation to ascertaining—
a
the names and addresses of persons who are not registered in a register but who are entitled to be registered;
b
those persons who are registered in a register but who are not entitled to be registered.
2
Before making a proposal under subsection (1), an electoral registration officer must consult the Welsh Ministers.
3
After consulting in accordance with subsection (2) and before making a proposal under subsection (1), the electoral registration officer must—
a
submit the proposal for the pilot to be provided for in regulations to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, and
b
have regard to the Commission’s report on the proposal under section 14.
4
If an electoral registration officer makes a proposal under subsection (1), the officer must send a copy of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru report on the proposal under section 14 to the Welsh Ministers.
S. 11 in force at 10.9.2024, see s. 72(1)(a)