The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (revoked)

Contents

Part 1 · General

Article 1Citation, commencement and revocation#

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Article 2Interpretation#

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Part 2 · Assembly franchise and its exercise

Article 3Voting at Assembly elections#

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Article 4Registers of electors etc#

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Article 5Registration appeals#

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Article 6Polling districts and places at Assembly elections#

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Article 7Manner of voting at Assembly elections#

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Article 8Absent vote at Assembly elections for a particular or an indefinite period#

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Article 9Absent vote at a particular Assembly election#

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Article 10Absent voters lists at Assembly elections#

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Article 11Proxies at Assembly elections#

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Article 12Voting as proxy at Assembly elections#

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Article 13Electors' signatures and use of personal identifier information#

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Article 14Offences#

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Article 15Absent voting at Assembly elections: miscellaneous#

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Article 16Combination of polls at Assembly and local government elections#

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Article 16ACombination of polls at Assembly and police and crime commissioner elections#

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Article 17Rules for Assembly elections#

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Article 18Returning officers#

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Article 19Officers of councils to be placed at disposal of returning officers#

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Article 20Returning officers: discharge of functions#

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Article 21Returning officers: correction of procedural errors#

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Article 22Returning officers: general#

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Article 23Payments by and to returning officer#

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Article 23AInadequate performance of returning officer: reduction of charges#

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Article 24Detailed assessment of returning officer’s account#

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Article 25Loan of equipment for Assembly elections#

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Article 26Effect of registers#

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Article 27Effect of misdescription#

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Article 28Discharge of registration duties#

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Article 29Payment of expenses of registration#

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Article 30Personation#

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Article 31Other voting offences#

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Article 32Breach of official duty#

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Article 33Tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc#

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Article 34False statements in nomination papers etc#

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Article 35Requirement of secrecy#

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Article 36Prohibition on publication of exit polls#

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Part 3 · The election campaign

Article 37Appointment of election agent#

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Article 38Nomination of sub-agent#

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Article 39Office of election agent and sub-agent#

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Article 40Effect of default in election agent’s appointment#

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Article 41Control of donations to constituency and individual candidates#

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Article 42Expenses of constituency candidate#

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Article 43Constituency and individual candidates: payment of expenses by or through election agent#

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Article 44Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agent#

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Article 45Expenses incurred otherwise than for election purposes#

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Article 46Constituency and individual candidates: prohibition of expenses not authorised by election agent etc#

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Article 47Constituency and individual candidates: limitation of election expenses#

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Article 48Power to vary provisions concerning election expenses#

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Article 49Time for sending in and paying claims#

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Article 50Disputed claims#

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Article 51Election agent’s claim#

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Article 52Constituency and individual candidates: return as to election expenses#

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Article 53Constituency and individual candidates: declaration as to election expenses#

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Article 54Party list candidates: declarations as to election expenses#

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Article 55Circumstances in which no return or declaration is required#

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Article 56Penalty for failure as respects return or declarations#

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Article 57Penalty for sitting or voting where no return and declarations are delivered etc#

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Article 58Authorised excuses for failures as to return and declarations#

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Article 59Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent#

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Article 60Duty of appropriate returning officer to forward returns and declarations to the Commission#

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Article 61Publication of time and place of inspection of returns and declarations#

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Article 62Constituency and individual candidates: inspection of returns and declarations#

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Article 63Meaning of “election expenses”#

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Article 64Property, goods, services etc. provided free of charge or at a discount#

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Article 65Right to send election address post free#

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Article 66Broadcasting from outside United Kingdom#

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Article 67Broadcasting of local items during election period.#

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Article 68Imitation poll cards#

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Article 69Schools and rooms for Assembly election meetings#

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Article 70Disturbances at Assembly election meetings#

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Article 71Officials not to act for candidates#

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Article 72Illegal canvassing by police officers#

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Article 73False statements as to candidates#

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Article 74Corrupt withdrawal from candidature#

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Article 75Payments for exhibition of election notices#

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Article 76Printer’s name and address on election publications#

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Article 77Prohibition of paid canvassers#

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Article 78Providing money for illegal purposes#

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Article 79Bribery#

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Article 80Treating#

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Article 81Undue influence#

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Article 82Rights of creditors#

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Article 83Savings as to Assembly elections#

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Article 84Interpretation of Part 3#

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Article 85Computation of time for purposes of Part 3#

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Part 4 · Legal proceedings

Article 86Method of questioning Assembly election#

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Article 87Presentation and service of Assembly election petition#

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Article 88Time for presentation or amendment of Assembly election petition#

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Article 89Constitution of election court and place of trial#

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Article 90Judges' expenses and reception#

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Article 91Attendance of shorthand writer#

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Article 92Security for costs#

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Article 93Petition at issue#

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Article 94List of petitions#

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Article 95Trial of petition#

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Article 96Witnesses#

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Article 97Duty to answer relevant questions#

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Article 98Expenses of witnesses#

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Article 99Conclusion of trial of Assembly election petition#

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Article 100Election court determination in respect of a constituency election etc#

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Article 101Regional election determined to be void by election court#

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Article 102Special case for determination of High Court#

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Article 103Withdrawal of petition#

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Article 104Costs of petition#

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Article 105Neglect or refusal to pay costs#

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Article 106Further provision as to costs#

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Article 107Appeals and jurisdiction#

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Article 108Report as to candidate guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice#

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Article 109Candidate reported guilty of corrupt or illegal practice#

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Article 110Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices#

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Article 111Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at parliamentary elections or local government elections#

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Article 112Persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices at European parliamentary elections#

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Article 113Justice of the peace#

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Article 114Members of legal and certain other professions#

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Article 115Holder of licence or certificate under Licensing Acts#

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Article 116Avoidance of election for general corruption etc#

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Article 117Avoidance of election for employing corrupt agent#

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Article 118Votes to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices#

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Article 119Application for relief#

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Article 120Prosecutions for corrupt practices#

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Article 121Prosecutions for illegal practices#

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Article 122Conviction of illegal practice on charge of corrupt practice etc#

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Article 123Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice#

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Article 124Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice at parliamentary or local government elections#

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Article 125Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice at European parliamentary elections#

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Article 126Mitigation and remission etc#

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Article 127Illegal payments etc#

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Article 128Time limit for prosecutions#

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Article 129Prosecution of offences committed outside the United Kingdom#

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Article 130Offences by associations#

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Article 131Evidence by certificate of holding of Assembly elections#

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Article 132Evidence by certificate of electoral registration#

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Article 133Director of Public Prosecutions#

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Article 134Rules of procedure#

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Article 135Costs#

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Article 136Service of notices#

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Article 137Interpretation of Part 4#

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Article 138Computation of time for purposes of Part 4#

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Part 5 · Miscellaneous and supplemental

Article 139Advertisements#

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Article 140Assembly constituencies not wholly within a county or county borough#

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Article 141Translations etc. of certain documents#

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Article 142Forms: general#

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Article 143Public notices, and declarations#

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Article 144Sending of applications and notices; electronic signatures and related certificates#

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Article 145Publication of documents#

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Article 146Interference with notices etc#

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Article 147Premises used for election purposes#

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Article 148Dissolution of the Assembly#

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Article 149Saving and transitional provision as to incapacities in respect of Assembly elections#

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Schedule 1 · Absent voting at Assembly elections

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(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(6A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(12A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(14A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 2 · Absent voting (transitional provisions)

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Schedule 3 · Issue and receipt of postal ballot papers

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (repealed)

Issue of postal ballot papers