
2021 No. 193 (W. 44)
Local Government, Wales
Representation Of The People, Wales
The Representation of the People (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021
Made 24 February 2021
Coming into force 25 February 2021

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraphs 4(2)(c) and 6(7) and (8) of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 and now exercisable by them, make the following Regulations.

In accordance with section 201(2) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
Title and commencement
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Representation of the People (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force the day after the day on which they are made.
Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
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(1) The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows..
(2) At the beginning of regulation 56(2) insert “Subject to paragraph (3B),”.
(3) In regulation 56(3B)—
(a) for “paragraph 4(2)” insert “paragraphs 4(2), 6(7) or 6(8)”; and
(b) remove “, or an application under paragraph 6(8) of that Schedule made by virtue of that application,”.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Julie James
Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
