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Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026
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8Early termination of a recall pollE+W
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(1)This section applies if any of the early termination events A, B or C occur at any time after the Presiding Officer’s notice is given but before the result of the recall poll is declared in accordance with section 12(2).
(2)Early termination event A is that the Presiding Officer has proposed a day for the holding of a poll at an extraordinary general election in accordance with section 5(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
(3)Early termination event B is that the Member of the Senedd’s seat is vacated.
(4)Early termination event C is that, in a case in which trigger event A occurred in relation to the Member of the Senedd, the conviction, sentence or order in question is overturned on appeal (within the meaning of section 4(7)).
(5)As soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware that this section applies, the Presiding Officer must notify the constituency returning officer for the Senedd constituency of the Member of the Senedd subject to the recall poll that the section applies, specifying which of the early termination events has occurred.
(6)On a constituency returning officer receiving a notice under subsection (5), no further action is to be taken under or by virtue of this Act in relation to the process relating to the recall poll except—
(a)the action required under subsection (7), and
(b)any action which may be required or permitted by regulations under section 11 in relation to the termination of that process.
(7)As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a notice under subsection (5), the constituency returning officer must—
(a)take such steps as the officer considers necessary to terminate the process relating to the recall poll, and
(b)give a public notice of the termination of that process in accordance with any provision made by regulations under section 11.
(8)Except in a case where this section applies by virtue of early termination event A and Senedd Cymru has been dissolved, the Presiding Officer must lay before Senedd Cymru any notice given under subsection (5).
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I1S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 26(3)
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