Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

Part 1 U.K. [F1 Senedd Cymru]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)

Legal issues U.K.

43 Contempt of court U.K.

(1) The strict liability rule does not apply in relation to any publication—

(a) made in, for the purposes of, or for purposes incidental to, [F2 Senedd] proceedings, or

(b) to the extent that it consists of a report of [F2 Senedd] proceedings which either is made by or under the authority of the [F2 Senedd] or is fair and accurate and made in good faith.

(2) In subsection (1)—

• “the strict liability rule”, and

• “publication”,

have the same meaning as in the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49).

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))

Commencement Information

I1 Ss. 1-94, 97-106 in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))