# Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024, Section 7: Pilot regulations: procedure

Extent: E+W

(1) The power to make pilot regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument.
(2) When a statutory instrument or a draft statutory instrument containing pilot regulations is laid before Senedd Cymru for the purposes of this section, the Welsh Ministers must also lay before the Senedd a copy of the report on the regulations prepared by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru under section 14.
(3) If a statutory instrument or a draft statutory instrument containing pilot regulations laid before Senedd Cymru makes provision applying to the area of a principal council (or any part of it) to which the council has not given its consent, the Welsh Ministers must also lay a statement before the Senedd explaining why they consider the provision should be made without the council’s consent.
(4) A statutory instrument to which this subsection applies may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
(5) Subsection (4) applies to a statutory instrument containing pilot regulations that make provision—
(a) applying to the area of a principal council (or any part of it) and the council has not given its consent,
(b) for a Welsh election pilot falling within section 5(4), or
(c) creating, or widening the scope of, a criminal offence.
(6) A statutory instrument containing pilot regulations to which subsection (5) does not apply is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.‍‍

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-7
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