Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)
(1)At a general election a person may not be a candidate to be the [F2Senedd] constituency member for more than one [F2Senedd] constituency.
(2)Any registered political party may submit a list of candidates for return as [F2Senedd] regional members for a particular [F2Senedd] electoral region at a general election.
(3)The list must be submitted to the regional returning officer.
(4)The list must not include more than twelve persons (but may include only one).
(5)The list must not include a person—
(a)who is included on any other list submitted for the [F2Senedd] electoral region or any list submitted for another [F2Senedd] electoral region,
(b)who is an individual candidate to be [F3a Senedd] regional member for the [F2Senedd] electoral region or another [F2Senedd] electoral region,
[F4(c)who is a candidate to be the [F2Senedd] constituency member for [F3a Senedd] constituency which is not included in the [F2Senedd] electoral region, or
(d)who is a candidate to be the [F2Senedd] constituency member for [F3a Senedd] constituency included in the [F2Senedd ] electoral region but is not a candidate of the party.]
(6)A person may not be an individual candidate to be [F3 a Senedd] regional member for the [F2Senedd] electoral region if that person is—
(a)included on a list submitted by a registered political party for the [F2Senedd] electoral region or another [F2Senedd] electoral region,
(b)an individual candidate to be [F3a Senedd] regional member for another [F2Senedd] electoral region,
[F5(c)a candidate to be the [F2Senedd] constituency member for [F3a Senedd] constituency which is not included in the [F2Senedd] electoral region, or
(d)a candidate of any registered political party to be the [F2Senedd] constituency member for [F3a Senedd] constituency included in the [F2Senedd ] electoral region.]
(7)In this Act “regional returning officer”, in relation to [F3a Senedd] electoral region, means the person designated as the regional returning officer for the [F2Senedd] electoral region in accordance with an order under section 13.
Textual Amendments
F2Words 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))
F3Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(18) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))
F4S. 7(5)(c)(d) substituted for s. 7(5)(c) and word (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 2(2)(a), 29(2)(a)
F5S. 7(6)(c)(d) substituted for s. 7(6)(c) and word (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 2(2)(b), 29(2)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Ss. 1-94, 97-106 in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))