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The Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023

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2023 No. 1305 Representation Of The People, Wales The Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 Made 30th November 2023 Laid before Parliament 4th December 2023 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, as applied by section 22 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 and section 21(5) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015.

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1 Citation, commencement, savings and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections and Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023. (2) This Order comes into force on 12th December 2023. (3) Despite paragraph (2), this Order has no effect in relation to— (a) any parliamentary election in respect of which the date of the poll specified in the notice of election is on or before 1st May 2024; (b) any recall petition in respect of which the date for the beginning of any signing period specified in the notice of petition is on or before 1st May 2024. (4) This Order extends to England and Wales.

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2 Amendment of the Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007

(1) The Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007 is amended as follows. (2) In article 4 (Welsh versions of forms of words), in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (b), insert— (c) “cyfeiriad yn ardal [ardal berthnasol]” is prescribed as the form of words in Welsh for “address in [relevant area]”. . (3) In article 6 (Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words), in paragraph (1), in sub-paragraph (o), for “form K” substitute “form K1”. (4) In Schedule 1 (Welsh version of prescribed forms and a form of words), for form 3 (nomination paper) substitute the corresponding form in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order. (5) In Schedule 2 (Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms and a form of words), for form 6 (official postal poll card), form 8 (official proxy postal poll card), form 12 (postal voting statement), form 13 (postal voting statement for use where there is a joint issue and receipt of postal ballot papers), form 14 (postal voting statement for use when a poll is combined with another poll but the postal ballot papers are not combined), and form 15 (statement as to postal ballot papers) substitute the corresponding forms in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

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3 Amendment of the Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) Order 2022

In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) Order 2022 (Welsh and English forms), for form E (official petition notice for an elector who may sign the petition by post), form G (official petition notice for a proxy who may sign the petition by post), form K (postal petition statement) and form L (statement as to postal petition signing sheets, proxies and additional data) substitute the corresponding form in Schedule 2 to this Order.

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SCHEDULE 1 New forms: Parliamentary Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2007

Article 2(4) and (5) PART 1 Welsh version of prescribed forms Form 3 (nomination paper) PART 2 Welsh and English versions of prescribed forms Form 6 (official postal poll card) Form 8 (official proxy postal poll card) Form 12 (postal voting statement) Form 13 (postal voting statement for use where there is a joint issue and receipt of postal ballot papers) Form 14 (postal voting statement for use when a poll is combined with another poll but the postal ballot papers are not combined) Form 15 (statement as to postal ballot papers)

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SCHEDULE 2 New forms: Recall Petition (Welsh Forms) Order 2022

Article 3 Form E (official petition notice for an elector who may sign the petition by post) Form G (official petition notice for a proxy who may sign the petition by post) Form K (postal petition statement) Form L (statement as to postal petition signing sheets, proxies and additional data)

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