Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 429

      The Representation of the People (Welsh Forms) Order 1989

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 429

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Representation of the People (Welsh Forms) Order 1989

Made 9th March 1989
Laid before Parliament 17th March 1989
Coming into force 21st April 1989


    In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 2(1) and 3(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1967[1], I hereby make the following Order:-
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Representation of the People (Welsh Forms) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 21st April 1989.
        2.    The Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 1970[2] is hereby revoked.
        3.    In this Order "the 1983 Act" means the Representation of the People Act 1983[3].
        4.    Each of the forms set out in Schedule 1 to this Order is hereby prescribed as the version partly in Welsh and partly in English which shall be used:

      (a)  in the case of form 1, at a parliamentary election in Wales in place of the notice required by rule 29(5) of the parliamentary elections rules in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act (voting compartment notice)[4];

      (b)  in the case of form 2, as the proxy paper to be issued by the registration officer in Wales in place of form D (proxy paper) in Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Regulations 1986[5]; and

      (c)  in the case of forms 3, 4 and 5, at a parliamentary election in Wales in place of forms H, J and K (declarations of identity), respectively, in Schedule 2 to the Representation of the People Regulations 1986.
        5.    Each of the forms set out in Schedule 2 to this Order is hereby prescribed as the Welsh version which may be used at a parliamentary election in Wales in place of the forms prescribed by the following provisions in the parliamentary elections rules in Schedule 1 to the 1983 Act, which provisions are:

      (a)  in the case of form 1, rule 35(1)(a),

      (b)  in the case of form 2, rule 35(1)(b),

      (c)  in the case of form 3, rule 35(2),

      (d)  in the case of forms 4, 5 and 6, the form of nomination paper, the form of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting[6] and the form of declaration to be made by the companion of a blind voter, respectively, set out in the Appendix to those rules.
        6.    The forms set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order, except forms 1, 2 and 3 in Schedule 2, may be used with such modifications as circumstances require.



Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

9th March 1989




Notes:

[1] 1967 c. 66; section 2(1) was extended by section 22(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50). back

[2] S.I. 1970/616. back

[3] 1983 c. 2. back

[4] Rule 29(5) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985. back

[5] S.I. 1986/1081; the form of proxy paper was amended by regulation 6 of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to, the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/2209) (the citation of which has been amended by section 3(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58) on the coming into force of the Single European Act (Cmnd. 9758) on 1st July 1987). back

[6] The form of directions for the guidance of the voters in voting was substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1985, Schedule 4, paragraph 86. back

 

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