Part 1Senedd Cymru
General elections
3Ordinary general elections
(1)
The poll at an ordinary general election is to be held on the first Thursday in May in the F1fourth calendar year following that in which the previous ordinary general election was held, F2unless—
(a)
subsection (1A) prevents the poll being held on that day, or
(b)
the day of the poll is determined by a proclamation under section 4.
F3(1A)
The poll is not to be held on the same date as the date of the poll at—
F5(b)
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(1B)
Where subsection (1A) prevents the poll being held on the day specified in subsection (1), the poll is to be held on such day, subject to subsection (1A), as the Welsh Ministers may by order specify unless the day of the poll is determined by a proclamation under section 4(2) as modified by section 4(2A).
(2)
If the poll is to be held on the first Thursday in May F6 or on the day specified by an order under subsection (1B) , the F7Senedd —
(a)
is dissolved by virtue of this section at the beginning of the minimum period which ends with that day, and
(b)
must meet within the period of F8fourteen days beginning immediately after the day of the poll.
(3)
In subsection (2) “the minimum period” means the period determined in accordance with an order under section 13.
(4)
In calculating any period of days for the purposes of subsection (2)(b), the following days are to be disregarded—
(a)
Saturday and Sunday,
(b)
any day which is a bank holiday in Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), and
(c)
any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.
F9(5)
No order is to be made under subsection (1B) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the F7Senedd.