1987 No. 562
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 1987

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 2(1) of the Welsh Language Act 19671, I hereby make the following Order:

1.

This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 6th April 1987.

2.

Each of the forms set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prescribed as the Welsh version of the corresponding form specified in English at the head of the version, being a form set out in Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 19862, which may be used in connection with the election of a county or district councillor in Wales.

3.

The form set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prescribed as the Welsh version which may be used by the chairman, vice-chairman or councillor of the council of a county or district in Wales, in place of the declaration of acceptance of office set out in Schedule 5 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986.

4.

Each of the forms set out in Part III of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prescribed as the version partly in Welsh and partly in English which shall be used, in connection with the election of a county or district councillor in Wales, in place of the official poll cards or voting compartment notice set out in Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986.

5.

The forms set out in the Schedule to this Order may be used with such modifications as circumstances require.

Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

SCHEDULE

PART IQUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO A PERSON APPLYING AS AN ELECTOR FOR A BALLOT PAPER

Article 2

(i)

“Ai chwi yw'r person a gofrestrwyd yn y gofrestr etholwyr llywodraeth leol ar gyfer yr etholiad hwn fel a ganlyn?” (ddarllenwch y cofnod llawn yn y gofrestr)

(ii)

“A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio yn yr etholiad presennol (gan ychwanegu yn achos etholiad ar gyfer nifer o ranbarthau etholiadol, yn y rhanbarth etholiadol hwn neu ryw ranbarth etholiadol arall) heblaw fel dirprwy ar ran rhyw berson arall?”

QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO A PERSON APPLYING AS A PROXY FOR A BALLOT PAPER

(i)

“Ai chwi yw'r person y gwelir ei enw fel A.B. yn y rhestr ddirprwyon ar gyfer yr etholiad hwn, fel un sydd â hawl i bleidleisio fel dirprwy ar ran C.D.?”

(ii)

“A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio yn yr etholiad hwn [gan ychwanegu yn achos etholiad ar gyfer sawl ardal etholiadol, yn yr ardal hon neu ryw ardal etholiadol arall] fel dirprwy ar ran C.D.?”

FURTHER QUESTIONS TO BE PUT TO A PERSON APPLYING AS A PROXY FOR A BALLOT PAPER

“Ai chwi yw gŵr [gwraig], rhiant, tadcu [mamgu], brawd [chwaer], plentyn, ŵyr neu [wyres] C.D.?”

Ac os nad atebir y cwestiwn hwn yn gadarnhaol y cwestiwn canlynol–

“A ydych eisoes wedi pleidleisio yn yr etholiad hwn [gan ychwanegu yn achos etholiad ar gyfer sawl rhanbarth etholiadol yn y rhanbarth etholiadol, hwn neu ryw ranbarth etholiadol arall] ar ran dau berson nad ydych yn ŵr [gwraig], rhiant, tadcu [mamgu], brawd [chwaer], plentyn, ŵyr neu [wyres] iddynt?”

NOMINATION PAPERFFURFLEN PAPUR ENWEBU

CANDIDATE'S CONSENT TO NOMINATIONFFURFLEN CANIATÅD YMGEISYDD I GAEL EI ENWEBUwyneb y ffurflen

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE COMPANION OF A BLIND VOTERDATGANIAD A WNEIR GAN GYDYMAITH PLEIDLEISIWR DALL

PART IIDECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICEDATGANIAD YNGLŶN Å DERBYN SWYDD

Article 3

PART IIIELECTOR'S OFFICIAL POLL CARDCERDYN PLEIDLEISIO SWYDDOGOL YR ETHOLWR

Article 4

Front of cardWyneb y cerdynREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACTSDEDDFAU CYNRYCHIOLAETH Y BOBLOFFICIAL POLL CARDCERDYN PLEIDLEISIO SWYDDOGOL

PROXY'S OFFICIAL POLL CARDCERDYN PLEIDLEISIO SWYDDOGOL Y DIRPRWY

Front of cardWyneb y cerdynREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACTSDEDDFAU CYNRYCHIOLAETH Y BOBLPROXY'S OFFICIAL POLL CARDCERDYN PLEIDLEISIO SWYDDOGOL Y DIRPRWY

VOTING COMPARTMENT NOTICEHYSBYSIAD CABANAU PLEIDLEISIO

(This note is not part of the Order)

Parts I and II of the Schedule to this Order prescribe the Welsh version of certain forms to be used in connection with county and district elections in Wales. Part III of the Schedule prescribes forms partly in Welsh and partly in English which must be used for the purposes specified in Article 4 of this Order.

(Nid yw'r nodyn hwn yn rhan o'r Gorchymyn)

Yn Rhannau I a II Atodlen y Gorchymyn hwn dynodir fersiwn Gymraeg rhai ffurflenni a ddefnyddir mewn cysylltiad ag etholiadau cymdeithas yng Nghymru. Yn Rhan III yr Atodlen dynodir ffurflenni rhannol Gymraeg a rhannol Saesneg y mae'n rhaid eu defnyddio at y dibenion a nodir yn Erthygl 4 y Gorchymyn hwn.