{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "A Senedd Commission",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a body corporate to be known as the Senedd Commission or Comisiwn y Senedd (referred to in this Act as “the Senedd Commission”).\n(2) The members of the Senedd Commission are to be—\n(a) the Presiding Officer, and\n(b) four other Members of the Senedd.\n(3) The standing orders must make provision for the appointment of the four other Members of the Senedd as members of the Senedd Commission.\n(4) The provision included in the standing orders in compliance with subsection (3) must (so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so) secure that not more than one of the members of the Senedd Commission (other than the Presiding Officer) belongs to any one political group.\n(5) The Senedd Commission must—\n(a) provide to the Senedd, or\n(b) ensure that the Senedd is provided with,\nthe property, staff and services required for the Senedd's purposes.\n(6) The Senedd may give special or general directions to the Senedd Commission for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of the Senedd Commission's functions.\n(7) Any property, rights or liabilities acquired or incurred in relation to matters to which the Senedd would otherwise be entitled or subject are to be treated for all purposes as property, rights or liabilities of the Senedd Commission.\n(8) For further provision about the Senedd Commission see Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(1) substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), ss. 6, 42(2)"
    },
    {
      "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(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(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(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/27",
    "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."
}