National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009

20 Interpretation

(1) In this Measure—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32);

• “Assembly Member” (“Aelod Cynulliad”) includes—

  (a)

  for the purposes of section 1(3)(a) and (b) only, the Counsel General even where that officer is not an Assembly Member, and

  (b)

  except for the purposes of section 1(3)(a) and (b), a former Assembly Member,

• “the Clerk” (“y Clerc”) means the Clerk of the Assembly,

• “the Commission” (“y Comisiwn”) means the National Assembly for Wales Commission,

• “Counsel General” (“Cwnsler Cyffredinol”) means the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government,

• “the Committee on Standards of Conduct” (“y Pwyllgor Safonau Ymddygiad”) means any committee or subcommittee of the Assembly to which there have been delegated, by or under the Standing Orders, functions relating to complaints that Assembly Members have failed to comply with the requirements of a relevant provision, and

• “Standing Orders” (“Rheolau Sefydlog”) means the Standing Orders of the Assembly.

(2) Any reference in this Measure to “the Assembly” is a reference to—

(a) the National Assembly for Wales, or

(b) other than in sections 1, 4, 6(3)(b), (c) and (d) and the Schedule, the Committee on Standards of Conduct.