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Section 29 Excluded personsI1I2

England and Wales

The excluded persons for the purposes of section 28 are—

(a)

a member of the Welsh Government;‍

(b)

a United Kingdom government department;

(c)

a‍ person employed in the civil service of the state;

(d)

a member of the House of Commons;

(e)

a member of the House of Lords;

(f)

a Member of the Senedd;

(g)

the Senedd Commission;

(h)

a member of the staff of the Senedd (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32));

(i)

the council of a county, county borough or community in Wales;

(j)

a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1);

(k)

a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

(l)

a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(m)

a police and crime commissioner;

(n)

a company in respect of which a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (m) (or two or more of those persons together)—

(i)

wholly owns the company,

(ii)

owns a simple majority of shares in the company, or

(iii)

owns more shares in the company than any other shareholder;

(o)

a member of a body mentioned in paragraphs (i) to‍ (l);

(p)

a member of the staff of a person mentioned in paragraphs‍ (i) to (m);

(q)

a registered political party.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 29 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 72(4)

I2

S. 29 in force at 1.1.2025 by S.I. 2024/1337, art. 2(e)