Interpretation3.

(1)

In these Rules—

“the 1983 Act” (“Deddf 1983”) means the Representation of the People Act 1983;

“the Combination of Polls Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Cyfuno Pleidleisiau”) means the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 20043;

“excluded day” (“diwrnod eithriedig”) means a day that is—

(a)

a Saturday;

(b)

a Sunday;

(c)

Christmas Eve;

(d)

Christmas Day;

(e)

Good Friday;

(f)

a day that is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 19714;

(g)

F1a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning;

“home address information” (“gwybodaeth am gyfeiriad cartref”) in relation to a person nominated—

(a)

in Schedule 1, has the meaning given by rule 13(3) of that Schedule, and

(b)

in Schedule 2, has the meaning given by rule 13(3) of that Schedule.

(2)

For the purposes of these Rules, an election is a “relevant election” if it is one of the following elections and the poll at the election is taken together with the poll at an election of councillors to a community council—

(a)

a parliamentary election;

(b)

an election of councillors to a county council or county borough council;

(c)

a mayoral election, that is, an election conducted under the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 20075;

(d)

a police and crime commissioner election, that is, an election of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20116.

(3)

In these Rules, unless otherwise indicated, the following words and expressions have the same meaning as in the 1983 Act (see sections 202(1) and 203(1)7 of that Act)—

“anonymous entry” (“cofnod dienw”);

“disability” (“anabledd”);

“election court” (“llys etholiad”);

“election petition” (“deiseb etholiad”);

“elector” (“etholwr”);

“electoral area” (“ardal etholiadol”);

“list of proxies” (“rhestr dirprwyon”);

“postal voters list” (“rhestr pleidleiswyr post”);

“proper officer” (“swyddog priodol”);

“proxy postal voters list” (“rhestr pleidleiswyr post drwy ddirprwy”);

“record of anonymous entries” (“cofnod cofnodion dienw”);

“voter” (“pleidleisiwr”).