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3.—(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 2004(1);

“county” (“sir”) means a county in Wales;

“county borough” (“bwrdeistref sirol”) means a county borough in Wales;

“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 1971(2);

(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;

“principal area” (“prif ardal”) means a county or county borough.

(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 county council or county borough council—

(a)a parliamentary election;

(b)an election of councillors to a community council;

(c)a mayoral election, that is, an election conducted under the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007(3);

(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 2011(4).

(3) In these Rules, unless otherwise indicated, the following words and expressions have the same meaning as in the 1983 Act (see section 202(1)(5) of that Act)—

“anonymous entry” (“cofnod dienw”);

“disability” (“anabledd”)

“election court” (“llys etholiad”);

“election petition” (“deiseb etholiad”);

“elector” (“etholwr”);

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

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

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

“proper officer” (“swyddog priodol”);

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

“voter” (“pleidleisiwr”).

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I1Rule 3 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1

(1)

S.I. 2004/294 as amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 and by S.I. 2006/3278, S.I. 2012/1917, S.I. 2014/920 and S.I. 2015/654.

(4)

2011 c. 13. Chapter 6 of Part 1 was amended by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) (Schedule 8, paragraph 184), by the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4) (Schedule 1, paragraph 5), by the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) (section 122(1), Schedule 2, paragraph 117 and Schedule 9, paragraph 73) and by the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) (section 8). It was also amended by S.I. 2014/268, S.I. 2015/1376, S.I. 2015/1526, S.I. 2016/997, S.I. 2017/470 and S.I. 2018/1310.

(5)

Section 202(1) was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) (Schedule 2, paragraph 3), by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (Schedule 3, paragraph 38), by the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) (Schedule 6, paragraph 9), by the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (Schedule 1, paragraphs 13, 76 and 128) and by the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Schedule 2, paragraph 2(17)). There are other amendments but they are not relevant to these Rules.

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