Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 / Deddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 / Deddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024 (2024 c. 4)
- Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 / Deddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024 (2024 c. 4)
- PART 1 THE SENEDD AND WELSH MINISTERS
- 1 Number of Members of the Senedd and Senedd constituencies
- 2 Senedd constituencies
- 3 Frequency of ordinary general elections
- 4 Additional Deputy Presiding Officer
- 5 Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers
- 6 Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd or a candidate
- 7 Review of possible job-sharing of offices relating to the Senedd
- PART 2 VOTING SYSTEM AT SENEDD GENERAL ELECTIONS AND ALLOCATION OF SEATS
- 8 General elections
- 9 Vacant seats
- 10 Related amendments
- PART 3 DEMOCRACY AND BOUNDARY COMMISSION CYMRU
- 11 Renaming the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013
- 12 Renaming the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
- 13 Number of members of the Commission
- 14 Persons who may not be members or chief executive of the Commission
- 15 Quorum for meetings of the Commission
- 16 Assistant commissioners
- PART 4 SENEDD CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARY REVIEWS
- 17 Senedd constituencies for a general election held after 6 April 2026 and before regulations under section 49J of the 2013 Act take effect
- 18 Senedd constituencies for general elections held after regulations under section 49J of the 2013 Act take effect
- PART 5 REVIEW OF OPERATION OF ACT ETC. AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Review of operation of Act etc.
- 19 Review of operation of Act etc. after 2026 general election
- General
- 20 Power to make consequential, transitional etc. provision
- 21 Power to set Senedd election campaign expenditure limits in connection with section 1 and Part 2
- 22 Regulations under this Act
- 23 Interpretation
- 24 Transitional provision relating to Parts 1 and 2
- 25 Coming into force
- 26 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 3
- PART 1 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHANGE OF SHORT TITLE OF 2013 ACT
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- Police Act 1996 (c. 16)
- Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21)
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)
- The 2013 Act
- Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6)
- Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
- Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/399 (W. 45))
- City and County of Swansea (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1075 (W. 254))
- County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1080 (W. 255))
- County of Powys (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1081 (W. 256))
- County of Carmarthenshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1082 (W. 257))
- County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1084 (W. 258))
- County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1111 (W. 266))
- County of the Isle of Anglesey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1112 (W. 267))
- County Borough of Wrexham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1113 (W. 268))
- County Borough of Neath Port Talbot (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1114 (W. 269))
- County Borough of the Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1138 (W. 275))
- County Borough of Torfaen (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1139 (W. 276))
- County of Ceredigion (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1140 (W. 277))
- County of Denbighshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1159 (W. 284))
- City and County of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1160 (W. 285))
- County Borough of Blaenau Gwent (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1161 (W. 286))
- County Borough of Conwy (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1181 (W. 292))
- County of Pembrokeshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1182 (W. 293))
- City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1216 (W. 305))
- County Borough of Caerphilly (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1217 (W. 306))
- County of Gwynedd (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1223 (W. 307))
- Monmouthshire (Communities) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1227 (W. 309))
- County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1228 (W. 310))
- County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1232 (W. 311))
- Monmouthshire (Communities) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/279 (W. 80))
- PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHANGE OF NAME OF COMMISSION
- Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11)
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19)
- Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- The Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)
- The 2013 Act
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)
- Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
- Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 1)
- Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1898)
- Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102)
- Welsh Language Standards (No 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/182 (W. 76))
- Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/694)
- Government of Wales Act 1998 (Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/970 (W. 239))
- Superannuation (Admission to Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1261)
- SCHEDULE 2 SENEDD CONSTITUENCIES FOR FIRST GENERAL ELECTION AFTER 6 APRIL 2026
- Elections in relation to which this Schedule applies
- Senedd constituencies and the 2026 boundary review
- Notice of commencement of 2026 boundary review
- Matters the Commission may take into account in the 2026 boundary review
- Determining the names of the Senedd constituencies
- Initial report on the 2026 boundary review and first period for representations
- Second report on the 2026 boundary review and second period for representations
- Final report on the 2026 boundary review
- Implementation of final report by the Welsh Ministers
- Modification of final report by the Commission
- Delegation by the Commission of functions under this Schedule
- Welsh Ministers may not give directions to Commission relating to functions under this Schedule
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 3 NEW PART 3A OF THE 2013 ACT
- Part 3A of the 2013 Act
- Related amendments
- Transitional provision
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