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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-159",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/159",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions",
  "text": "In this Act the following expressions are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated—\nthe 2007 election\nsection 161(1)\nActs of the Senedd\nsection 107(1)\nancillary (in relation to a provision)\nsection 108A(7)\nannual Budget motion\nsection 125(1)\nthe Senedd\nsection 1(1)\n. . .\n. . .\nthe Senedd Commission\nsection 27(1)\nSenedd constituency\nsection 2(1)\nSenedd constituency member\nsection 1(2)(a)\n. . .\n. . .\nAssembly Measures\nsection 93(1)\nMember of the Senedd\nsection 1(3)\nSenedd proceedings\nsection 1(5)\nSenedd regional member\nsection 1(2)(b)\n. . .\n. . .\nSenedd's legislative competence (in relation to Assembly Measures)\nsection 94\nthe Audit Committee\nsection 30(1)\nthe Auditor General\nsection 145(1)\nBudget resolution of the Senedd\nsection 120(8)\nthe Clerk\nsection 26(1)\nthe Committee of Public Accounts\nsection 158(6)\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nthe Convention rights\nsection 158(1)\nthe Counsel General\nsection 45(1)(c)\ncross-border body\nsection 158(1)\n. . .\n. . .\nDeputy Welsh Minister\nsection 50\ndevolved tax\nsection 116A(4)\ndevolved Welsh authority\nsection 157A\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nenactment\nsection 158(1) and (2)\nEnglish border area\nsection 158(1)\nfinancial year\nsection 158(1)\nthe First Minister\nsections 46 and 47\nfunction\nsection 158(1)\ngovernment department\nsection 158(1)\nthe initial period\nsection 161(5)\ninternational obligations\nsection 158(1)\nMember of the Senedd\nsection 1(2A)\nmember of the staff of the Senedd\nparagraph 3(2) of Schedule 2\nmember of the staff of the Welsh ... Government\nsection 52\nMinister of the Crown\nsection 158(1)\nmodifications\nsection 158(1)\npolitical group\nsection 24(5)\npolitical group with an executive role\nsection 25(8)\nthe Presiding Officer\nsection 25(1)(a)\nthe principal accounting officer for the Senedd Commission\nsection 138(1) and (2)\nthe principal accounting officer for the Welsh Ministers\nsection 129(6) and (7)\nproperty\nsection 158(1)\n. . .\n. . .\nregistered political party\nsection 6(6)\nrelevant enactment (in sections 124 to 128)\nsection 124(4)\nthe relevant persons (in sections 124 to 128)\nsection 124(3)\nreserved matters\nSchedule 7A\nthe Senedd\nsection 1(1)\nthe Senedd Commission\nsection 27(1)\nthe standing orders\nsection 31(1)\nSenedd constituency\nsection 2(1)\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nSenedd proceedings\nsection 1(5)\n. . .\n. . .\nSenedd's legislative competence (in relation to Acts of the Senedd)\nsection 108A\nsubordinate legislation\nsection 158(1)\nsupplementary Budget motion\nsection 126(1)\ntribunal\nsection 158(1)\nuse of resources\nsection 125(4)\nWales\nsection 158(1), (3) and (4)\nWelsh ... Government\nsection 45(1)\nWelsh Consolidated Fund\nsection 117\nthe Welsh Ministers\nsection 45(2)\n“Welsh zone”\nsection 158(1), (3) and (4)",
  "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(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 10(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 10(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(16) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (6.5.2020) by virtue of Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 45 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(a), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (coming into force on the day after the day of the poll for the first general election held after 6.4.2026) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 4(4), 25(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 inserted (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 6(6), 29(2)(b)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(b), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(c), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 inserted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(8)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Act omitted (17.2.2015) by virtue of Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), s. 4(2)(a) (with s. 4(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(d), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(e), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(f), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in s. 159 omitted (24.8.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 10(7)(g), 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "S. 159: entry in index inserted (12.11.2009 for certain purposes and 12.1.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 43, 324, Sch. 4 Pt. 2 para. 6(8); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 7"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/159",
    "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."
}