Section 48 and Schedule 18: Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland Section 67: Power to postpone local authority elections in Wales for casual vacancies
This section enables any casual vacancies (also known as by-elections) which may arise in Local Authorities in Wales where the date of the poll for the election would otherwise fall between the period beginning with the day on which the Coronavirus Act came into effect (25th March 2020) and ending with 5th May 2021, to be postponed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
	The territorial extent of this section is England and Wales only and the application is to Wales only.