{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-17D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-17D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/17D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17D",
  "heading": "Exception from disqualification by virtue of being a councillor: recently elected members",
  "text": "(1) A person returned at an election as a Member of the Senedd is not disqualified under section 16(1)(zc) (disqualification by virtue of being a member of the council of a county or county borough or community council in Wales) at any time before the person purports to take the oath of allegiance (or make the corresponding affirmation) in compliance with section 23(1) or 55(2).\n(2) A Member of the Senedd who is returned at an election as a member of the council of a county or county borough or community council in Wales is not disqualified under section 16(1)(zc) at any time before the person makes a declaration of acceptance of office under section 83 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 17D-17F inserted (15.1.2020 with effect for the purposes of a Senedd election at which the poll is held on or after 5.4.2021) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), ss. 33, 42(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 17D(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 61(7) of the amending Act) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 61(4)(a), 72(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 17D(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 61(7) of the amending Act) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 61(4)(b), 72(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/17D",
    "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."
}