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the 2007 election | section 161(1) |
Acts of the [F1Senedd] | section 107(1) |
[F2ancillary (in relation to a provision) | section 108A(7)] |
annual Budget motion | section 125(1) |
the [F1Senedd] | section 1(1) |
F3. . . | F3. . . |
the [F1Senedd] Commission | section 27(1) |
[F1Senedd] constituency | section 2(1) |
[F1Senedd] constituency member | section 1(2)(a) |
F4. . . | F4. . . |
Assembly Measures | section 93(1) |
[F5Member of the Senedd] | section 1(3) |
[F1Senedd] proceedings | section 1(5) |
[F1Senedd] regional member | section 1(2)(b) |
F6. . . | F6. . . |
[F1Senedd's] legislative competence (in relation to Assembly Measures) | section 94 |
the Audit Committee | section 30(1) |
the Auditor General | section 145(1) |
Budget resolution of the [F1Senedd] | section 120(8) |
the Clerk | section 26(1) |
the Committee of Public Accounts | section 158(6) |
F7. . . | F7. . . |
constituency vote | section 6(2) |
the Convention rights | section 158(1) |
the Counsel General | section 45(1)(c) |
cross-border body | section 158(1) |
the Deputy Presiding Officer | section 25(1)(b) |
Deputy Welsh Minister | section 50 |
[F8devolved tax | section 116A(4)] |
[F2devolved Welsh authority | section 157A] |
electoral region figure | section 8(5) |
electoral region vote | section 6(3) |
enactment | section 158(1) and (2) |
English border area | section 158(1) |
financial year | section 158(1) |
the First Minister | sections 46 and 47 |
function | section 158(1) |
government department | section 158(1) |
the initial period | section 161(5) |
international obligations | section 158(1) |
[F9Member of the Senedd | section 1(2A)] |
member of the staff of the [F1Senedd] | paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 |
member of the staff of the Welsh F10... Government | section 52 |
Minister of the Crown | section 158(1) |
modifications | section 158(1) |
political group | section 24(5) |
political group with an executive role | section 25(8) |
the Presiding Officer | section 25(1)(a) |
the principal accounting officer for the [F1Senedd] Commission | section 138(1) and (2) |
the principal accounting officer for the Welsh Ministers | section 129(6) and (7) |
[F2property | section 158(1)] |
regional returning officer | section 7(7) |
registered political party | section 6(6) |
relevant enactment (in sections 124 to 128) | section 124(4) |
the relevant persons (in sections 124 to 128) | section 124(3) |
[F2reserved matters | Schedule 7A] |
[F9the Senedd | section 1(1)] |
[F9the Senedd Commission | section 27(1)] |
the standing orders | section 31(1) |
[F9Senedd constituency | section 2(1)] |
[F9Senedd constituency member | section 1(2)(a)] |
[F9Senedd electoral region | section 2(2) and (3)] |
[F9Senedd proceedings | section 1(5)] |
[F9Senedd regional member | section 1(2)(b)] |
[F9Senedd's legislative competence (in relation to Acts of the Senedd) | section 108A] |
subordinate legislation | section 158(1) |
supplementary Budget motion | section 126(1) |
tribunal | section 158(1) |
use of resources | section 125(4) |
Wales | section 158(1), (3) and (4) |
Welsh F10... Government | section 45(1) |
Welsh Consolidated Fund | section 117 |
the Welsh Ministers | section 45(2) |
[F11“Welsh zone” | section 158(1), (3) and (4)] |
Textual Amendments
F1Words 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))
F2Words in s. 159 inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 10(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)
F3Words in s. 159 omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)
F4Words in s. 159 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(a)
F5Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(16) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))
F6Words in s. 159 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(b)
F7Words in s. 159 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 45 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 22)
F8Words in s. 159 inserted (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 6(6), 29(2)(b)(3)
F9Words in s. 159 inserted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(c)
F10Words in Act omitted (17.2.2015) by virtue of Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), s. 4(2)(a) (with s. 4(3))
F11S. 159: entry in index inserted (12.11.2009 for certain purposes and 12.1.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 43, 324, Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 6(8); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 7
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