Government of Wales Act 2006

27 Assembly Commission

(1) There is to be a body corporate to be known as the National Assembly for Wales Commission or Comisiwn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru (referred to in this Act as “the Assembly Commission”).

(2) The members of the Assembly Commission are to be—

(a) the Presiding Officer, and

(b) four other Assembly members.

(3) The standing orders must make provision for the appointment of the four other Assembly members as members of the Assembly Commission.

(4) The provision included in the standing orders in compliance with subsection (3) must (so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so) secure that not more than one of the members of the Assembly Commission (other than the Presiding Officer) belongs to any one political group.

(5) The Assembly Commission must—

(a) provide to the Assembly, or

(b) ensure that the Assembly is provided with,

the property, staff and services required for the Assembly’s purposes.

(6) The Assembly may give special or general directions to the Assembly Commission for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of the Assembly Commission’s functions.

(7) Any property, rights or liabilities acquired or incurred in relation to matters to which the Assembly would otherwise be entitled or subject are to be treated for all purposes as property, rights or liabilities of the Assembly Commission.

(8) For further provision about the Assembly Commission see Schedule 2.