Deddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024

4 Dirprwy Lywydd ychwanegol

(1) Yn adran 25 (y Llywydd etc.) o Ddeddf 2006—

(a) yn is-adran (1)(b), yn lle “(referred to in this Act as “the Deputy Presiding Officer”)” rhodder “(see subsection (1B)(a))”;

(b) ar ôl is-adran (1), mewnosoder—

“(1A) The Senedd may at any time elect one additional deputy presiding officer from among the Members of the Senedd (but there may be no more than one additional deputy presiding officer at any time).

(1B) In this Act, “Deputy Presiding Officer” means, unless the context requires otherwise—

(a) the person elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1);

(b) a person elected under subsection (1A),

but in section 23(4)(b) “Deputy Presiding Officer means only the person elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1).”;

(c) yn is-adran (2), yn lle “is to be known as the Deputy Presiding Officer”, rhodder “and a person elected under subsection (1A) are each to be known as Deputy Presiding Officer”;

(d) yn lle is-adran (4), rhodder—

“(4) A Deputy Presiding Officer holds office until the Senedd is dissolved; but the standing orders may make provision for a Deputy Presiding Officer elected under subsection (1A) to hold office for a shorter time.”;

(e) yn is-adran (5), yn lle “Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”;

(f) yn is-adran (6)—

(i) ar ôl “the Deputy Presiding Officer” mewnosoder “elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1)”;

(ii) ar ôl “Members of the Senedd” mewnosoder “(and references in this section to a person elected under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) include a reference to a person elected under this subsection)”;

(g) yn is-adran (7), ar ôl “the Deputy Presiding Officer” mewnosoder “elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1)”;

(h) ar ôl is-adran (7), mewnosoder—

“(7A) Subject to subsection (9), a Deputy Presiding Officer elected under subsection (1A) must not belong to—

(a) the same political group as either the Presiding Officer or Deputy Presiding Officer elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), or

(b) where the Presiding Officer and the Deputy Presiding Officer elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) both belong to political groups without an executive role, a political group without an executive role.”;

(i) yn is-adran (9), yn lle “subsection (7) is not to apply” rhodder “one or both of subsections (7) and (7A) are not to apply”;

(j) yn is-adran (10), yn lle “the Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”;

(k) yn is-adran (11), yn lle “the Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”;

(l) yn is-adran (12), yn lle paragraff (b), rhodder—

“(b) the office of Deputy Presiding Officer is vacant or, for any reason, no Deputy Presiding Officer is able to act.”;

(m) yn is-adran (13), yn lle “Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”.

(2) Yn adran 20(3)(b) (taliadau i‍ Aelodau o’r Senedd) o Ddeddf 2006, yn lle “Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”.

(3) Yn adran 41 (achosion gan y Senedd neu yn ei herbyn) o Ddeddf 2006—

(a) yn is-adran (2)(a), yn lle “Deputy Presiding Officer”, rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”;

(b) yn is-adran (4)(b), yn lle “Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”.

(4) Yn adran 159 (mynegai o ymadroddion wedi eu diffinio) o Ddeddf 2006, hepgorer y cofnod ar gyfer “the Deputy Presiding Officer”.

(5) Ym mharagraff 16A(6) o Atodlen 1 (cadeirio Pwyllgor y Llywydd) i Ddeddf Pleidiau Gwleidyddol, Etholiadau a Refferenda 2000 (p. 41), yn lle “the Deputy Presiding Officer” rhodder “a Deputy Presiding Officer”.

(6) Yn adran 28(2) (dirprwyo swyddogaethau) o Ddeddf Archwilio Cyhoeddus (Cymru) 2013 (dccc 3), yn lle “y Dirprwy Lywydd” rhodder “i Ddirprwy Lywydd”.