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Rwy’n ysgrifennu atoch i hysbysu'r Senedd am gydsyniad diweddar i Lywodraeth y DU arfer pŵer deddfwriaethol dirprwyedig mewn maes datganoledig mewn perthynas â Chymru. Ceisiwyd cytundeb i wneud Gorchymyn o dan adran 104 o Ddeddf yr Alban 1998 o ganlyniad i Ddeddf Nawdd Cymdeithasol (Yr Alban) 2018\.


Mae adran 104 o Ddeddf yr Alban 1998 yn galluogi'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol i wneud darpariaeth yr ystyrir ei bod yn angenrheidiol neu'n hwylus o ganlyniad i unrhyw ddarpariaeth a wneir gan un o Ddeddfau Senedd yr Alban neu oddi tani.


Mae erthygl 7 o'r Gorchymyn arfaethedig yn diwygio rheoliad 53 o Reoliadau Cynrychiolaeth y Bobl (Cymru a Lloegr) 2001 i alluogi unigolion i wneud cais i bleidleisio drwy ddirprwy yn etholiadau seneddol y DU ac etholiadau llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru a Lloegr heb fod angen ardystio eu cais os ydynt yn cael yr elfen symudedd o’r cymorth anabledd i blant a phobl ifanc ar y gyfradd uwch. Mae'r diwygiadau i Reoliad 53, i'r graddau y maent yn ymwneud â cheisiadau am bleidlais drwy ddirprwy ar gyfer etholiadau llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru, yn gwneud darpariaeth mewn maes sydd o fewn cymhwysedd deddfwriaethol y Senedd.


Byddai unigolion cymwys sy'n symud o'r Alban i Gymru neu i Loegr yn parhau i dderbyn cymorth anabledd yn unol â threfn yr Alban am gyfnod o hyd at 13 wythnos o ddyddiad y symud. Effaith y Gorchymyn yw y byddai gan unigolyn sydd wedi symud i Gymru yn ddiweddar ac sy'n dal i dderbyn elfen symudedd o’r cymorth anabledd i blant a phobl ifanc ar y gyfradd uwch sy'n daladwy yn yr Alban hawl o hyd i wneud cais i bleidleisio drwy ddirprwy, heb fod angen ardystio eu cais, mewn etholiad llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru,  yn amodol ar fodloni'r holl amodau cofrestru perthnasol.


Byddai'r diwygiadyn rhoi dilyniant i unigolion ac yn caniatáu iddynt gymryd rhan yn y broses ddemocrataidd ar yr un sail ag y byddent wedi bod â hawl iddo pe bai eu cais newydd am fudd\-daliadau sy'n daladwy yng Nghymru wedi'i brosesu ar yr adeg berthnasol. Gan y byddai hyn am gyfnod byr ac y byddai'n debygol o gael effaith gyfyngedig, cytunais felly i Lywodraeth y DU fwrw ymlaen â’r Gorchymyn.


Gosodwyd y Gorchymyn yn Senedd y DU ar 28 Hydref 2021\.







Translation:


 
I am writing to inform the Senedd of a recent consent to the UK Government exercising a delegated legislative power in a devolved area in relation to Wales. Agreement was sought to the making of an Order under section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998 in consequence of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018\.  

  

Section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998 enables the Secretary of State to make provision which is considered necessary or expedient in consequence of any provision made by or under an Act of the Scottish Parliament.


Article 7 of the proposed Order amends regulation 53 of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 to enable individuals to apply to vote by proxy in UK parliamentary elections and local government elections in England and Wales without the need for attestation of their application if they are in receipt of the mobility component of disability assistance for children and young people at the higher rate. The amendments to Regulation 53, insofar as they relate to proxy vote applications for local government elections in Wales are making provision in an area which is within the Senedd’s legislative competence.  

  

Eligible individuals moving from Scotland to England or Wales would continue to receive disability assistance in accordance with the Scottish regime for a period of up to 13 weeks from the date of the move. The effect of the Order is that an individual who has recently moved to Wales and is temporarily still in receipt of the mobility component of disability assistance for children and young people at the higher rate payable in Scotland would still be entitled to apply to vote by proxy without attestation of their application in a Welsh local government election, subject to satisfying all relevant registration conditions.


The amendment would provide continuity for individuals and allow them to participate in the democratic process on the same basis that they would have been entitled to, had their new claim for benefits payable in Wales been processed at the relevant time. As this would be for a narrow time period and would be likely to have a limited impact I therefore agreed to the Order being taken forward by the UK Government.  

  

The Order was laid in Parliament on 28 October 2021\.