The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2010

Made: 29th March 2010

Laid before Parliament: 31st March 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(2) and 27(3) and (4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and Commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) Order 2010.

• (2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007

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• (1) The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 4 (Welsh versions of forms of words)–

• (a) for paragraph (1), substitute–

(1) In the Form of Front of Ballot Paper in the Appendix of Forms to Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (parliamentary elections rules)– (a) “PLEIDLEISIWCH DROS UN YMGEISYDD YN UNIG” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for the words “VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE ONLY”; and (b) “(Cyfeiriad yn Etholaeth…)” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for the words “(address in the…Constituency)”[^f00003].

• (b) in paragraph (2) after the words “by paragraph (1) above shall”, insert “, where they are required to be included in the ballot paper, ”;

• (c) in paragraph (3), for “Annibynnwr” substitute “Annibynnol”.

• (3) In Schedule 1 (Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words), in Form 3 (form of nomination paper), in the first table following the words “yn y cyfryw etholiad”, omit the final column (Cyfeiriad Cartref yn llawn).

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Michael Wills — Minister of State — Ministry of Justice — 29th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1014) (“the 2007 Order”), which prescribes Welsh versions of certain forms or forms of words which may be used at United Kingdom parliamentary elections held in Wales. The English version of these forms are provided for in the Appendix of Forms to Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2).

Principally, this Order makes a minor amendment to the Form of Front of Ballot Paper (article 2(2)(a)) and amends the form of nomination paper to remove the ‘home address’ column (article 2(3)). These changes follow amendments made by section 24 of and paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12) which enable candidates standing for election at a parliamentary election to choose that their home address does not appear on the ballot paper at the election.

Separately, article 2(2)(c) of the Order replaces the Welsh term used for ‘independent’ at article 4(3) of the 2007 Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c.38.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2007/1014.

[^f00003]: The words “(address in the Birmingham Northfield Constituency)” in the Form of Front of Ballot Paper in the Appendix of Forms to Schedule 1 to the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2) were substituted by paragraph 8(6)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c.12). The words “Birmingham Northfield” are omitted from article 2(2)(b) in light of the application of the Order for the purposes only of parliamentary elections in Wales.