{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Limit on salaries of Members of the Senedd",
  "text": "(1) The Senedd must make provision to ensure that the amount of the salary payable to a Member of the Senedd in accordance with section 20 is reduced if a salary is payable to the Member of the Senedd —\n(za) under section 4 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (salaries of members of the House of Commons), or\n(a) pursuant to a resolution (or combination of resolutions) of the House of Lords relating to the remuneration of members of that House, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The provision made must ensure that the amount of salary is reduced—\n(a) to a particular proportion of what it otherwise would be or to a particular amount, or\n(b) by the amount of any salary payable to the Member of the Senedd as mentioned in subsection (1)(za) or (a), by a particular proportion of that amount or by some other particular amount.\n(3) Provision may be made under this section by—\n(a) the standing orders, or\n(b) resolutions of the Senedd,\nand may include provision conferring functions on the Senedd Commission.",
  "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 Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(15) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))"
    },
    {
      "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(16) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 21(1)(za) inserted (24.5.2011) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 12(2)(a); S.I. 2011/1274, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 21(1)(za) inserted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 32(2)(a) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 21(1)(a) substituted (24.5.2011) by Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 12(2)(b); S.I. 2011/1274, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 21(1)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 32(2)(b) (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. 21(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 32(3) (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "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": "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/21",
    "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."
}