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Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013
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Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, Section 49J is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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- Pt. 5A inserted by 2024 asc 5 s. 57(2)
- s. 1(5A) inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(2)(b)
- s. 70ZA inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(4)
- s. 71(2)(d) inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(5)
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- Pt. 5A inserted by 2024 asc 5 s. 57(2)
- s. 1(5A) inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(2)(b)
- s. 70ZA inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(4)
- s. 71(2)(d) inserted by 2024 asc 5 Sch. 1 para. 13(5)
[F149JImplementation of final report by the Welsh MinistersE+W
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(1)Where a final report sets out changes that are required to be made to the Senedd constituencies, the Welsh Ministers must make regulations giving effect to the determinations in the Commission’s final report—
(a)as soon as reasonably practicable after laying the report before Senedd Cymru, and
(b)in any event, unless there are exceptional circumstances, before the end of the period of four months beginning with the date the report is laid before the Senedd.
(2)Where regulations are not made before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the Welsh Ministers must lay a statement before Senedd Cymru setting out the exceptional circumstances.
(3)A statement under subsection (2) must be laid before the end of the period of four months beginning with the date the final report is laid before Senedd Cymru.
(4)Further statements setting out the exceptional circumstances must be laid before Senedd Cymru before the end of each subsequent period of four weeks beginning with the day on which the previous statement was laid, until the regulations are made.
(5)Regulations under this section may make provision for any matters which the Welsh Ministers consider are incidental to, or consequential on, the determinations in the final report.
(6)Regulations under this section must be made by statutory instrument.
(7)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section must be laid before Senedd Cymru as soon as reasonably practicable after the regulations are made.
(8)The coming into force of the regulations does not affect the return of a Member of the Senedd to Senedd Cymru, or the constitution of Senedd Cymru, until the dissolution of the Senedd in connection with—
(a)the next ordinary general election, or
(b)an extraordinary general election, the poll for which is held—
(i)during the period of one month ending with the day before the day on which the poll for the next ordinary general election would have been held under section 3(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), disregarding paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, or
(ii)on the day on which the poll for the next ordinary general election would have been held under section 3(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, disregarding paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3A inserted (24.8.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(2)(c), Sch. 3 para. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 3)
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