Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

72 Coming into force E+W

(1) The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

(a) Chapter 3 of Part 1 and Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Welsh elections piloting and reform);

(b) section 61 (disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd and a community councillor), but that section has effect in accordance with section 61(7);

(c) section 66 (Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: persons who may not be members etc.);

(d) this Part.

(2) The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

(a) Chapter 1 of Part 2 (arrangements for local government);

(b) section 25 (survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections);

(c) section 30 (guidance for political parties to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office);

(d) sections 62 and 63 (disqualification for corrupt or illegal practice).

(3) Section 65 comes into force on 6 May 2027.

(4) The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument, subject to subsection (5).

(5) The provisions of Chapter2 of Part1(electoral registration without applications), except paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 4(9), may not come into force unless—

(a) Welsh election pilot provision of the kind described in section 5(4) has been made in regulations under section 5(1),

(b) a report on the operation of the regulations has been sent to the Welsh Ministers under section 17(5)(a),

(c) the Welsh Ministers have laid the report before Senedd Cymru, and

(d) the regulations in force under section 53 of the 1983 Act that apply to registers of local government electors for areas in Wales do not require registration officers to prepare edited registers of local government electors or supply such registers or part of them to any person on payment of a fee, so far as requirements of that kind in regulations under section 53 are prohibited by virtue of paragraphs 10(3) and 10B(4) of Schedule 2 to that Act (as inserted by section 4(9)(c) and (d) of this Act).

(6) An order under subsection (4) may—

(a) appoint different days for different purposes;

(b) make transitory, transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of a provision brought into force by the order.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 72 in force at 10.9.2024, see s. 72(1)(d)