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The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2025

W.S.I. 2025/846 · Made 11 July 2025

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Representation Of The People, Wales

Public Bodies, Wales

Made 11 July 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72(4) and (6) of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024f1, make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2024 asc 5.

Contents

  1. 1Title and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 18 July 2025
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2025.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024.

2Provisions coming into force on 18 July 2025

Section 24 (reports by the Electoral Commission) and section 64 (undue influence) of the Act come into force on 18 July 2025.

Signature

Jayne Bryant

Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers

11 July 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the second commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (“the Act”).

Article 2 of this Order brings into force section 24 (reports by the Electoral Commission) and section 64 (undue influence) of the Act on 18 July 2025.