PART 1ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AND REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 4ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY: WELSH ELECTIONS
Diversity in persons seeking elected office
29Excluded persons
The excluded persons for the purposes of section 28 are—
(a)
a member of the Welsh Government;
(b)
a United Kingdom government department;
(c)
a person employed in the civil service of the state;
(d)
a member of the House of Commons;
(e)
a member of the House of Lords;
(f)
a Member of the Senedd;
(g)
the Senedd Commission;
(h)
a member of the staff of the Senedd (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32));
(i)
the council of a county, county borough or community in Wales;
(j)
a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1);
(k)
a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
(l)
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
(m)
a police and crime commissioner;
(n)
a company in respect of which a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (m) (or two or more of those persons together)—
(i)
wholly owns the company,
(ii)
owns a simple majority of shares in the company, or
(iii)
owns more shares in the company than any other shareholder;
(o)
a member of a body mentioned in paragraphs (i) to (l);
(p)
a member of the staff of a person mentioned in paragraphs (i) to (m);
(q)
a registered political party.