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Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AND REGISTRATION

    1. CHAPTER 1 CO-ORDINATION OF ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION

      1. 1.Electoral Management Board of Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru

      2. 2.Minor and consequential amendments

    2. CHAPTER 2 ELECTORAL REGISTRATION WITHOUT APPLICATIONS

      1. 3.Duty to register local government electors

      2. 4.Provision connected to the duty to register eligible local government electors

    3. CHAPTER 3 WELSH ELECTIONS PILOTING AND REFORM

      1. Welsh election pilots

        1. 5.Pilot regulations: powers

        2. 6.Pilot regulations: requirements

        3. 7.Pilot regulations: procedure

      2. Proposals for pilots

        1. 8.Proposals for pilots made by the Welsh Ministers

        2. 9.Proposals for pilots made by principal councils

        3. 10.Proposals for pilots made jointly by the Electoral Commission and principal councils

        4. 11.Proposals for pilots made by electoral registration officers

        5. 12.Joint proposals for pilots

        6. 13.Electoral Commission recommendations

      3. Evaluation of pilot proposals

        1. 14.Evaluation of pilot proposals

        2. 15.Welsh election pilot forums

      4. Guidance on pilots

        1. 16.Guidance on pilots

      5. Evaluation of pilots

        1. 17.Evaluation of pilot regulations

      6. Reform following pilots

        1. 18.Electoral reform regulations

        2. 19.Electoral reform regulations: procedure

      7. General

        1. 20.Publication

        2. 21.Regulations: ancillary provision

        3. 22.Interpretation of this Chapter

        4. 23.Consequential amendments

    4. CHAPTER 4 ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY: WELSH ELECTIONS

      1. Reports on assistance for disabled voters

        1. 24.Reports by the Electoral Commission

      2. Candidate survey: local government elections

        1. 25.Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections

      3. Welsh elections information platform

        1. 26.Welsh elections information platform

      4. Diversity in persons seeking elected office

        1. 27.Services to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office

        2. 28.Financial assistance schemes to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office

        3. 29.Excluded persons

        4. 30.Guidance for political parties to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office

      5. General

        1. 31.Interpretation of this Chapter

    5. CHAPTER 5 CAMPAIGN FINANCE

      1. Expenditure in respect of local government elections

        1. 32.Notional expenditure: candidates in local government elections

      2. Expenditure in respect of Senedd Cymru elections

        1. 33.Notional and third party expenditure: Senedd Cymru elections

        2. 34.Codes of practice on expenses

        3. 35.Authorised persons not required to pay through election agent

        4. 36.Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure

        5. 37.Third parties capable of giving notification

        6. 38.Code of practice on controls relating to third parties

      3. General

        1. 39.Minor and consequential amendments

  3. PART 2 ELECTED BODIES AND THEIR MEMBERS

    1. CHAPTER 1 ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

      1. Electoral arrangements reviews: principal councils

        1. 40.Considerations for a review of principal area electoral arrangements

        2. 41.Review period for principal area reviews

      2. Reviews of seaward boundaries

        1. 42.Review of seaward boundaries

      3. Consultation and consideration of representations

        1. 43.Electoral review recommendations and decisions: duty to have regard to representations

        2. 44.Names of electoral wards

        3. 45.Consultation on reviews

        4. 46.Meaning of “mandatory consultees” in Part 3 of the 2013 Act

      4. Timing of reviews and implementation

        1. 47.Electoral review recommendations and decisions: period before a local election

        2. 48.Deadline for completion of reviews

        3. 49.Deadline for completion of implementation

        4. 50.Directions to pause reviews

      5. Community reviews and status as towns

        1. 51.Community reviews and implementation

        2. 52.Notice of resolutions on status of communities as towns

      6. Publication of information: arrangements for local government

        1. 53.Publication of orders under Part 3 of the 2013 Act

        2. 54.Publication of up-to-date lists of communities and community councils

      7. General

        1. 55.Transitional provision

    2. CHAPTER 2 REMUNERATION OF ELECTED MEMBERS

      1. Abolition of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales

        1. 56.Abolition of Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales

      2. Functions of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru

        1. 57.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru functions relating to remuneration

        2. 58.Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

        3. 59.Minor and consequential amendments

        4. 60.Savings

    3. CHAPTER 3 DISQUALIFICATION, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND POLITICAL RESTRICTION OF OFFICES

      1. Disqualification

        1. 61.Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd and a community councillor

        2. 62.Disqualification for corrupt or illegal practice: local government elections

        3. 63.Disqualification for corrupt or illegal practice: Senedd Cymru elections

      2. ‍Undue influence

        1. 64.Undue influence

      3. Political restriction of offices

        1. 65.Political restriction of officers and staff

    4. CHAPTER 4 DEMOCRACY AND BOUNDARY COMMISSION CYMRU

      1. 66.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: persons who may not be members etc.

      2. 67.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: governance and audit committee

      3. 68.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: power to charge

  4. PART 3 GENERAL PROVISION

    1. 69.Regulations: restrictions

    2. 70.General interpretation

    3. 71.Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.

    4. 72.Coming into force

    5. 73.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. PART 1 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CO-ORDINATION OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS

        1. 1.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)

        2. 2.Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4)

      2. PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO WELSH ELECTIONS PILOTING AND REFORM

        1. 3.Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)

        2. 4.Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)

        3. 5.Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6)

      3. PART 3 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE

        1. 6.Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

      4. PART 4 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REMUNERATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY MEMBERS

        1. 7.Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)

        2. 8.Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

        3. 9.School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)

        4. 10.Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

        5. 11.Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

        6. 12.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

        7. 13.Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)

        8. 14.Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6)

        9. 15.Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)

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