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| Made | 23 January 2007 | ||
| Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) |
(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—
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
| 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 |
[4] 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.back