The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/1234
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Welsh Forms) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 4th May 2004.

(2) This Order applies to local government elections in Wales only.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“community council election” means an election conducted under the Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986 ;

“European Parliamentary election” shall have the same meaning as in section 27(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985;

“mayoral election” means an election conducted under the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 ;

“relevant election or referendum” means one or more of the following—

a Parliamentary election ;

a European Parliamentary election;

a community council election;

a mayoral election; and

a referendum,

the poll at which is taken together with the poll at the county or county borough election; and

“referendum” means a referendum conducted under the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Wales) Regulations 2004 .

Section 3 Welsh versions of prescribed forms

(1) Each of the forms set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prescribed as the form in Welsh of the corresponding form of words set out in Schedule 3 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986 or of the prescribed form set out in the Appendix to that Schedule, which may be used in the circumstances described in paragraph (2).

(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are where the poll at an election of a councillor to the council for a principal area in Wales is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum.

Section 4 Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms

Each of the forms set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby prescribed as the form partly in Welsh and partly in English of the corresponding form set out in the Appendix to Schedule 3 to the Local Elections (Principal Areas) Rules 1986, which may be used where the election of a councillor to a council for a principal area in Wales is taken together with the poll at a relevant election or referendum.

Section 5 Adaptation

The forms set out in the Schedule to this Order may be adapted so far as circumstances require.