{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2024/5",
  "legislation_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Proposals for pilots made by principal councils",
  "text": "(1) A principal council may propose to the Welsh Ministers that pilot regulations are made in relation to any relevant electoral matter in so far as it relates to local government elections.\n(2) Before making a proposal under subsection (1), the principal council must consult the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) After consulting in accordance with subsection (2) and before making a proposal under subsection (1), the principal council must—\n(a) submit the proposal for the pilot to be provided for in regulations to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru, and\n(b) have regard to the Commission’s report on the proposal under section 14.\n(4) If a principal council makes a proposal under subsection (1), it must send a copy of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru report on the proposals under section 14 to the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 10.9.2024, see s. 72(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:46.347354+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."
}