bank holidaymeans a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.
combined authority mayoral electionmeans an election of a mayor for a combined authority under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
combined county authority mayoral electionmeans an election of a mayor for a combined county authority under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
forged documentmeans a false document made to resemble a specified document.
GLROmeans the Greater London returning officer, being the person who is for the time being the proper officer of the Greater London Authority for the purposes of section 35(2C) of the 1983 Act or any person acting on his behalf;
mayoral electionmeans an election conducted under the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007;
police and crime commissioner electionmeans an election of a police and crime commissioner in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the 2011 Act;
principal areameans, a county in England, a district or a London borough;
qualifying addressmeans— “relevant area” means—
referendummeans a referendum conducted under the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012;
registered political partymeans a party which was registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 on the day (“the relevant day”) which is two days before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers at that election;
relevant areameans— (a) in relation to a home address in England— (a) if the address is within a district for which there is a district council, that district;
relevant election or referendummeans one or more of the following— the poll at which is taken together with the poll at the principal area election.
relevant personsmeans persons who find it difficult or impossible to vote in that manner because of—
temporary electoral identity documenthas the same meaning as in regulation 3(1) of the Voter Identification Regulations 2022;
the Combination of Polls Regulationsmeans the Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004;
the data protection legislationhas the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018;