Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 RECALL OF MEMBERS OF THE SENEDD

   1. Introduction

      1. 1. Overview

   2. Initiating a recall poll

      1. 2. How a Member of the Senedd becomes subject to a recall poll

      2. 3. Trigger event A: meaning of key terms

      3. 4. Trigger event A: courts to notify the Presiding Officer

      4. 5. Trigger event B: recall guidance‍

   3. Date of recall poll and notice

      1. 6. Presiding Officer’s duty to fix date for recall poll and give notice of trigger event

      2. 7. Public notice of recall poll

   4. Early termination of recall poll

      1. 8. Early termination of a recall poll

   5. Franchise

      1. 9. Entitlement to vote in a recall poll

   6. Conduct of recall poll

      1. 10. Recall polls to be conducted by ballot

      2. 11. Regulations about recall polls

   7. Outcome of recall poll

      1. 12. Outcome of a recall poll

      2. 13. Effect of declaration that a Member of the Senedd is removed

      3. 14. Validity of recall poll not affected by invalidity in Senedd proceedings

   8. Functions of officers

      1. 15. Functions of constituency returning officers

   9. General

      1. 16. Interpretation of Part 1

      2. 17. Consequential provision relating to Part 1

3. PART 2 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF THE SENEDD

   1. Standards of Conduct

      1. 18. Standards of Conduct Committee

      2. 19. Report on applying code of conduct to conduct while a candidate in an election

   2. Senedd Commissioner for Standards

      1. 20. Power of the Senedd Commissioner for Standards to investigate on own initiative

      2. 21. Senedd Commissioner for Standards: eligibility

      3. 22. Senedd Commissioner for Standards: investigations

   3. General

      1. 23. Minor and consequential provision relating to Part 2

4. PART 3 CONDUCT OF SENEDD CYMRU ELECTIONS

   1. 24. Power of the Welsh Ministers to make provision about Senedd elections etc.

5. PART 4 GENERAL

   1. 25. Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc

   2. 26. Coming into force

   3. 27. Short title

6. 1. SCHEDULE

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION

      1. PART 1 CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION RELATING TO PART 1

         1. 1. Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)

         2. 2. Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)

         3. 3. Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

         4. 4. Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)‍

      2. PART 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION RELATING TO PART 2

         1. 5. The National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009 (nawm 4)

         2. 6. Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)

         3. 7. Welsh Language Standards (No. 2) Regulations 2016