{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-1-order-2024/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2024/1337",
  "legislation_title": "The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024-commencement-no-1-order-2024",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 January 2025",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 January 2025—\n(a) section 1 (Electoral Management Board of Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru);\n(b) section 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(c) section 26 (Welsh elections information platform);\n(d) section 28 (financial assistance schemes to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office);\n(e) section 29 (excluded persons);\n(f) section 31 (interpretation of Chapter 4 of Part 1);\n(g) section 32 (notional expenditure: candidates in local government elections);\n(h) section 33 (notional and third party expenditure: Senedd Cymru elections);\n(i) section 34 (codes of practice on expenses);\n(j) section 35 (authorised persons not required to pay through election agent);\n(k) section 36 (restriction on which third parties may incur controlled expenditure);\n(l) section 37 (third parties capable of giving notification);\n(m) section 38 (code of practice on controls relating to third parties);\n(n) section 39 and Part 3 of Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(o) section 67 (Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: governance and audit committee);\n(p) section 68 (Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru: power to charge).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1337/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:07.778525+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}