http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/9/section/12Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026en2026-05-12Statute Law Database2026-04-28 PART 1 12 1 This section applies unless the constituency returning officer has received a notice under section 8(5) (early termination of recall poll process). 2 As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of voting in a recall poll, the constituency returning officer must, in accordance with any regulations under section 11— a determine the result of the recall poll, b announce the result of the recall poll, c depending on the result of the recall poll, declare that the Member of the Senedd subject to the recall poll— i is removed as a member of Senedd Cymru, or ii is retained as a member of Senedd Cymru, and d notify the Presiding Officer in writing of the result of the recall poll and the declaration. 3 For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), a Member of the Senedd subject to a recall poll— a is removed as a member of Senedd Cymru if the majority of votes were cast in favour of the answer on the ballot paper set out in section 10(4); b is retained as a member of Senedd Cymru if the majority of votes were cast in favour of the answer on the ballot paper set out section 10(5) or an equal number of votes were cast in favour of each of the answers on the ballot paper. 4 The Presiding Officer must lay before Senedd Cymru any notice received under subsection (2). S. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 26(3)