Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 171
representation of the people
The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 2007
Made
23 January 2007
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(cc) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983.( 1 )
In accordance with section 7(1) and (2)(c) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000,( 2 ) he has consulted the Electoral Commission.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 2007.
(2) This Order comes into force—
(a) for the purposes of parliamentary elections upon the next issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament;
(b) for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to the next general election, on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to constituencies in Wales, which are established by the Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006( 3 ) or any subsequent Order in respect of Wales under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.( 4 )
Revocations
2. Subject to article 1(2), the following Orders are revoked—
(a) the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1996( 5 ); and
(b) the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2004.( 6 )
Designation of returning officers at parliamentary elections
3. In the case of the county constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, being a county constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a preserved county as defined by section 64 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994,( 7 ) the sheriff of the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan shall be the returning officer at a parliamentary election.
4. In the case of the borough constituency of Cardiff South and Penarth, being a borough constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a county or county borough, the chairman of Cardiff County Council shall be the returning officer for a parliamentary election.
Designation of acting returning officers at parliamentary elections
5. In the case of a county constituency specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the officer of the council appointed to be the electoral registration officer by the council of the county or county borough specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.
Signed on the behalf of the Secretary of State
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
23 January 2007
Article 5
SCHEDULE ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES
| 1 | 2 |
| Name of county constituency | County or county borough for which registration officer is acting returning officer |
| Aberavon | Neath Port Talbot |
| Aberconwy | Conwy |
| Alyn and Deeside | Flintshire |
| Arfon | Gwynedd |
| Blaenau Gwent | Blaenau Gwent |
| Brecon and Radnorshire | Powys |
| Bridgend | Bridgend |
| Caerphilly | Caerphilly |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Carmarthenshire |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceredigion | Ceredigion |
| Clwyd South | Wrexham |
| Clwyd West | Conwy |
| Cynon Valley | Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
| Delyn | Flintshire |
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Gwynedd |
| Gower | Swansea |
| Islwyn | Caerphilly |
| Llanelli | Carmarthenshire |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Merthyr Tydfil |
| Monmouth | Monmouthshire |
| Montgomeryshire | Powys |
| Neath | Neath Port Talbot |
| Newport East | Newport |
| Newport West | Newport |
| Ogmore | Bridgend |
| Pontypridd | Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire |
| Rhondda | Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
| Torfaen | Torfaen |
| Vale of Clwyd | Denbighshire |
| Vale of Glamorgan | The Vale of Glamorgan |
| Wrexham | Wrexham |
| Ynys Môn | Isle of Anglesey |
1983 c. 2 ; section 24(1)(cc) was inserted by paragraph 68(3) of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) .
The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56) was extended by Schedule 1 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) for the purposes of alterations to the electoral regions of the National Assembly for Wales.