Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024

Prospective

10 Related amendments E+W

(1) The 2006 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (8).

(2) In section 12 (entitlement to vote)—

(a) in subsection (1), omit “(or of a Member of the Senedd)”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a) for “constituency vote, or more than one electoral region vote,” substitute “vote”;

(ii) after paragraph (a) insert “or”;

(iii) omit paragraph (c), and the “or” before it.

(3) In section 13 (power of the Welsh Ministers to make provision about elections etc.)—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) omit paragraph (e) (but not the “and” after it);

(ii) in paragraph (f), for “region” substitute “constituency”;

(b) in subsection (3), for “11(3) to (5)” substitute “11(4) to (6)”.

(4) In section 13A (power of the Secretary of State to make provision about the combination of polls), in subsection (1)(b) omit “, and by-elections for the return of Members of the Senedd,”.

(5) In section 18 (effect of disqualification), in subsection (A1) omit “or an election to fill a vacancy under section 10”.

(6) In section 36 (integrity)—

(a) omit subsection (6);

(b) in subsection (11)(a) omit “(apart from those in subsection (6))”.

(7) In section 159 (index of defined expressions), omit the entries for the following expressions—

(a) “constituency vote”;

(b) “electoral region figure”;

(c) “electoral region vote”;

(d) “regional returning officer”;

(e) “Senedd constituency member”;

(f) “Senedd electoral region”;

(g) “Senedd regional member”.

(8) In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1A (offices that disqualify the holder), in the entry for returning officers for Senedd elections, in the second column omit “or Senedd electoral region”.

(9) In section 7B(6) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (notional residence: declarations of local connection)—

(a) in paragraph (a)(ii), omit “or National Assembly for Wales constituency”;

(b) in paragraph (b), omit “or section 10 of the Government of Wales Act 2006”.

(10) In the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)—

(a) omit section 4A(8)(b)(ii) (devolved Welsh functions);

(b) omit section 5(2A)(c) (reports on by-elections) (but not the “or” after it);

(c) from the section 6ZA inserted by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), omit subsection (2)(b) (reviews of devolved electoral matters in Wales);

(d) omit section 6A(5)(d) (attendance of representatives of Electoral Commission at elections);

(e) from the section 6G inserted by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (code of practice on attendance of observers at devolved elections in Wales), omit subsection (2)(b);

(f) from the section 9AA inserted by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (performance standards for devolved elections and referendums in Wales), omit subsection (6)(b)‍;

(g) in paragraph 25 of Schedule 1, in the sub-paragraph (2) inserted by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (interpretation), from the definition of “devolved Welsh election” omit paragraph (b);

(h) in paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 (limits on campaign expenditure)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), omit “or regions”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2), omit paragraph (b) and the “plus” that precedes it.

(11) In section 44(7) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (electoral area in relation to an election to the Senedd), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) in relation to an election to Senedd Cymru, a Senedd constituency within the meaning of section 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Senedd constituencies);”.

(12) In section 6(3) of the National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009 (nawm 4) (functions of the Commissioner)—

(a) after paragraph (c) insert “and”;

(b) omit paragraph (e), and the “and” before it.

(13) In Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Remuneration) Measure 2010 (nawm 4) (disqualification from membership of Independent Remuneration Board)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(d)—

(i) omit “regional”;

(ii) for “electoral region vacancies” substitute “vacant seats”;

(b) in paragraph 3 for “subsection (3)” substitute “subsection (4)”.

(14) In the Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), omit section 2 (amendments of Part 1 of the 2006 Act).

(15) In Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), in paragraph 2(8)(c) omit the entries for the following expressions—

(a) “Senedd constituency member”;

(b) “Senedd electoral region”;

(c) “Senedd regional member”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 10 in force at 24.8.2024, see s. 25(2)(b)