The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituences) (Wales) Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 1142

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituences) (Wales) Order 1995

Made

24th April 1995

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(c) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation this Order shall come into force on 10th May 1995.

(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to the constituences in Wales which are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995(2) or any subsequent Order in Council in respect of Wales under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986(3).

2.—(1) Articles 3, 4 and 6 of the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983(4) are hereby revoked so far as they relate to Wales.

(2) Part II of Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the said Order are hereby revoked.

3.  In the case of the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, being a borough constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a district, the chairman of the council for the district of Cardiff shall be the returning officer for a parliamentary election.

4.  In the case of a county constituency in Wales specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the officer of the council appointed to be the electoral registration officer by the council of the district specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Blatch

Minister of State

Home Office

24th April 1995

Article 4

SCHEDULE ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES IN WALES

1	2
Name of county constituency	District for which registration officer is acting returning officer
Aberavon	Port Talbot
Alyn and Deeside	Alyn and Deeside
Blaenau Gwent	Blaenau Gwent
Brecon and Radnorshire	Brecknock
Bridgend	Ogwr
Caernarfon	Arfon
Caerphilly	Rhymney Valley
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Dinefwr
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	South Pembrokeshire
Ceredigion	Ceredigion
Clwyd South	Wrexham Maelor
Clwyd West	Colwyn
Conwy	Aberconwy
Cynon Valley	Cynon Valley
Delyn	Delyn
Gower	Lliw Valley
Islwyn	Islwyn
Llanelli	Llanelli
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Meirionnydd
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth	Monmouth
Montgomeryshire	Montgomeryshire
Neath	Neath
Newport East	Newport
Newport West	Newport
Ogmore	Ogwr
Pontypridd	Taff-Ely
Preseli Pembrokeshire	Preseli Pembrokeshire
Rhondda	Rhondda
Torfaen	Torfaen
Vale of Clwyd	Rhuddlan
Vale of Glamorgan	Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham	Wrexham Maelor
Ynys Môn	Ynys Môn-Isles of Anglesey

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 4 of, and the Schedule to, this Order designate the acting returning officers for the county constituencies in Wales. Article 3 of this Order designate the returning officer for the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, where the appointment of a returning officer is not determined by paragraph (b) of section 24(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

This Order replaces the designations made by the instrument revoked in part by article 3. The constituencies referred to in this Order are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995. Like that Order, this Order does not come fully into force until the next parliamentary general election.

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

(2)

S.I. 1995/1036.

(3)

1986 c. 56.

(4)

S.I. 1983/468, amended by S.I. 1991/152.