Implementation of final report by the Welsh Ministers
54.Paragraph 9 sets out details of how the final report is to be implemented. The Welsh Ministers must make regulations implementing the determinations in the Commission’s final report as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 14 weeks of laying of the final report before the Senedd, unless there are exceptional circumstances. Where regulations are not made in that time period, the Welsh Ministers must, within 14 weeks of laying the final report, lay a statement setting out the exceptional circumstances. The Welsh Ministers must continue to lay such statements every 4 weeks until the regulations are made. Regulations under this paragraph are not subject to any procedure in the Senedd, but the statutory instrument containing the regulations must be laid before the Senedd. This paragraph also contains a transitional provision to ensure that regulations made under it do not have effect until the dissolution of the Senedd in anticipation of the first general election held after 6 April 2026. This ensures that the new constituencies can be created in law, but this does not affect the return of members or the constitution of the Senedd before an election at which the new system provided for by this Act will take effect.
