Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 / Deddf Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru) 2024
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 / Deddf Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru) 2024 (2024 c. 5)
- Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 / Deddf Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru) 2024 (2024 c. 5)
- PART 1 ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AND REGISTRATION
- CHAPTER 1 CO-ORDINATION OF ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION
- 1 Electoral Management Board of Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
- 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- CHAPTER 2 ELECTORAL REGISTRATION WITHOUT APPLICATIONS
- 3 Duty to register local government electors
- 4 Provision connected to the duty to register eligible local government electors
- CHAPTER 3 WELSH ELECTIONS PILOTING AND REFORM
- Welsh election pilots
- 5 Pilot regulations: powers
- 6 Pilot regulations: requirements
- 7 Pilot regulations: procedure
- Proposals for pilots
- 8 Proposals for pilots made by the Welsh Ministers
- 9 Proposals for pilots made by principal councils
- 10 Proposals for pilots made jointly by the Electoral Commission and principal councils
- 11 Proposals for pilots made by electoral registration officers
- 12 Joint proposals for pilots
- 13 Electoral Commission recommendations
- Evaluation of pilot proposals
- 14 Evaluation of pilot proposals
- 15 Welsh election pilot forums
- Guidance on pilots
- 16 Guidance on pilots
- Evaluation of pilots
- 17 Evaluation of pilot regulations
- Reform following pilots
- 18 Electoral reform regulations
- 19 Electoral reform regulations: procedure
- General
- 20 Publication
- 21 Regulations: ancillary provision
- 22 Interpretation of this Chapter
- 23 Consequential amendments
- CHAPTER 4 ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY: WELSH ELECTIONS
- Reports on assistance for disabled voters
- 24 Reports by the Electoral Commission
- Candidate survey: local government elections
- 25 Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections
- Welsh elections information platform
- 26 Welsh elections information platform
- Diversity in persons seeking elected office
- 27 Services to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office
- 28 Financial assistance schemes to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office
- 29 Excluded persons
- 30 Guidance for political parties to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office
- General
- 31 Interpretation of this Chapter
- CHAPTER 5 CAMPAIGN FINANCE
- Expenditure in respect of local government elections
- 32 Notional expenditure: candidates in local government elections
- Expenditure in respect of Senedd Cymru elections
- 33 Notional and third party expenditure: Senedd Cymru elections
- 34 Codes of practice on expenses
- 35 Authorised persons not required to pay through election agent
- 36 Restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure
- 37 Third parties capable of giving notification
- 38 Code of practice on controls relating to third parties
- General
- 39 Minor and consequential amendments
- PART 2 ELECTED BODIES AND THEIR MEMBERS
- CHAPTER 1 ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Electoral arrangements reviews: principal councils
- 40 Considerations for a review of principal area electoral arrangements
- 41 Review period for principal area reviews
- Reviews of seaward boundaries
- 42 Review of seaward boundaries
- Consultation and consideration of representations
- 43 Electoral review recommendations and decisions: duty to have regard to representations
- 44 Names of electoral wards
- 45 Consultation on reviews
- 46 Meaning of “mandatory consultees” in Part 3 of the 2013 Act
- Timing of reviews and implementation
- 47 Electoral review recommendations and decisions: period before a local election
- 48 Deadline for completion of reviews
- 49 Deadline for completion of implementation
- 50 Directions to pause reviews
- Community reviews and status as towns
- 51 Community reviews and implementation
- 52 Notice of resolutions on status of communities as towns
- Publication of information: arrangements for local government
- 53 Publication of orders under Part 3 of the 2013 Act
- 54 Publication of up-to-date lists of communities and community councils
- General
- 55 Transitional provision
- CHAPTER 2 REMUNERATION OF ELECTED MEMBERS
- Abolition of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales
- 56 Abolition of Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales
- Functions of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
- 57 Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru functions relating to remuneration
- 58 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
- 59 Minor and consequential amendments
- 60 Savings
- CHAPTER 3 DISQUALIFICATION, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND POLITICAL RESTRICTION OF OFFICES
- Disqualification
- 61 Disqualification from being a Member of the Senedd and a community councillor
- 62 Disqualification for corrupt or illegal practice: local government elections
- 63 Disqualification for corrupt or illegal practice: Senedd Cymru elections
- Undue influence
- 64 Undue influence
- Political restriction of offices
- 65 Political restriction of officers and staff
- CHAPTER 4 DEMOCRACY AND BOUNDARY COMMISSION CYMRU
- 66 Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: persons who may not be members etc.
- 67 Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: governance and audit committee
- 68 Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: power to charge
- PART 3 GENERAL PROVISION
- 69 Regulations: restrictions
- 70 General interpretation
- 71 Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.
- 72 Coming into force
- 73 Short title
- SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
- PART 1 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CO-ORDINATION OF ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS
- Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)
- Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4)
- PART 2 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO WELSH ELECTIONS PILOTING AND REFORM
- Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)
- Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22)
- Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6)
- PART 3 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
- PART 4 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REMUNERATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY MEMBERS
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Education Act 2002 (c. 32)
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)
- Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6)
- Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
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