Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 / Deddf Senedd ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2020
Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 / Deddf Senedd ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2020 (2020 anaw 1)
- Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 / Deddf Senedd ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2020 (2020 anaw 1)
- PART 1 OVERVIEW
- 1 Overview of this Act
- PART 2 RENAMING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES ETC.
- 2 National Assembly for Wales renamed Senedd Cymru or Welsh Parliament
- 3 Acts of the National Assembly for Wales renamed Acts of Senedd Cymru
- 4 Members to be known as Members of the Senedd
- 5 Clerk of the Assembly renamed Clerk of the Senedd
- 6 National Assembly for Wales Commission renamed Senedd Commission
- 7 National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards renamed Senedd Commissioner for Standards
- 8 National Assembly for Wales Remuneration Board renamed the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
- 9 Minor and consequential amendments
- PART 3 ELECTIONS
- Extension of right to vote
- 10 Extension of right to vote in Senedd elections to 16 and 17 year old persons
- 11 Extension of right to vote in Senedd elections to qualifying foreign citizens
- Electoral registration
- 12 Entitlement to be registered as a local government elector
- 13 Annual canvass
- 14 Invitations to register
- 15 Invitations to register: further provision about persons under the age of 16
- 16 Applications for registration
- 17 Review of entitlement to registration
- 18 Anonymous registration
- 19 Declarations of local connection
- 20 Service declarations
- 21 Contents of service declarations
- 22 Service declarations: further provision
- 23 Register of electors
- 24 Protection of information about persons aged under 16
- 25 Exceptions from prohibition on disclosure
- 26 Further provision for exceptions
- 27 Amendments to the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007
- Oversight of administration of elections
- 28 Financial and oversight arrangements of the Electoral Commission
- PART 4 DISQUALIFICATION
- 29 Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd
- 30 Exceptions and relief from disqualification
- 31 Exception from disqualification by virtue of being a Member of Parliament: changes to dates of general elections of Members of the Senedd
- 32 Exception from disqualification by virtue of being a member of the House of Lords
- 33 Exceptions from disqualification by virtue of being a member of a county or county borough council
- 34 Effect of disqualification
- 35 Consequential amendments
- PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS
- 36 Timing of first meeting of the Senedd after a general election
- 37 Powers of the Senedd Commission: provision of goods and services
- 38 Report on extension of right to vote and change to qualification for membership of the Senedd
- PART 6 GENERAL
- 39 Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.
- 40 Regulations under this Act
- 41 General interpretation
- 42 Coming into force
- 43 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PART 2
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009 (nawm 4)
- National Assembly for Wales (Remuneration) Measure 2010 (nawm 4)
- Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)
- SCHEDULE 2 ELECTORAL COMMISSION: FURTHER AMENDMENTS
- Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
- SCHEDULE 3 NEW SCHEDULE 1A TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WALES ACT 2006
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