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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.