Main provisions

Further power to vary date of 2021 election
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1
This section applies if the day for the holding of the poll of the 2021 election is fixed under section 6.
2
The Llywydd may propose, for the holding of the poll, a day which is not more than one month earlier, nor more than one month later, than the day fixed under section 6.
3
The power under subsection (2) may not be exercised so as to propose a date after 5 November 2021.
4
If the Llywydd proposes a day under subsection (2), Her Majesty may by proclamation under the Welsh Seal—
a
dissolve Senedd Cymru;
b
require the poll at the election to be held on the day proposed.
5
As soon as reasonably practicable after a proclamation is made under subsection (4), the Llywydd must publish a statement of—
a
the day on which the poll is to be held, and
b
the reason for the exercise of the Llywydd’s power under subsection (2).