Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020

34Effect of disqualificationE+W

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(1)Section 18 of the 2006 Act (effect of disqualification) is amended as follows.

(2)At the beginning, insert—

(A1)If a person who is disqualified from being a candidate to be a Member of the Senedd (see section 16(A1)) is nominated as a candidate at a general election of Members of the Senedd or an election to fill a vacancy under section 10, the person's nomination is void.

(3)Omit subsection (2).

(4)In subsection (3), omit “or” and paragraph (b).

(5)In subsection (8), omit “or” and paragraph (b).

(6)In section 19(1) of the 2006 Act (judicial proceedings as to disqualification), omit paragraph (b) and the “or” before it.