14 Modification of the 2007 Order
Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021 (2021 asc 2) | Legislation

14  Modification of the 2007 Order

(1)     The 2007 Order is modified in relation to the 2021 election as follows.

(2)     Article 2(1) (interpretation) has effect as if it contained the definition of “coronavirus” given by section 16.

(3)     In Article 84(2)(b) (timing of when a person becomes a candidate in relation to a Senedd general election) has effect as if—

(a)     for “any subsequent Assembly election” there were substituted “the ordinary general election for membership of Senedd Cymru the poll for which is, on the day on which this provision comes into force, due to be held on 6 May 2021”;

(b)     in paragraph (i), for sub-paragraph (aa) there were substituted—

“(aa)     which is 21 days before 6 May 2021, computed in accordance with rule 2 of the rules set out in Schedule 5;”.

(4)     In Schedule 1, paragraph 7 (closing date for applications

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