{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Entitlement to vote",
  "text": "(1) The persons entitled to vote at an election of Members of the Senedd ... in a Senedd constituency are those who on the day of the poll—\n(a) would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government election in an electoral area wholly or partly included in the Senedd constituency ..., and\n(b) are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the Senedd constituency.\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) But a person is not entitled as an elector—\n(a) to cast more than one vote in the same Senedd constituency at any general election, or\n(b) to vote in more than one Senedd constituency at any general election, ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(17) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(2)(a), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(18) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1)(a) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(2)(a), 175(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 12(1A) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(2)(b), 175(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 12(1B) omitted (5.5.2022) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 2(2)(c), 175(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 12(2)(a) substituted (24.8.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(2)(b)(i), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in s. 12(2) inserted (24.8.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(2)(b)(ii), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 12(2)(c) and word omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(2)(b)(iii), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Ss. 1-94, 97-106 in force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:12.769607+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."
}