{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Committees and sub-committees",
  "text": "(1) The standing orders may provide—\n(a) for the appointment of committees of the Senedd, and\n(b) for such committees to have ... sub-committees.\n(2) The members of a committee of the Senedd, or of a sub-committee of such a committee, may not include anyone who is not a Member of the Senedd , except the members of the Standards of Conduct Committee or a sub-committee of the Standards of Conduct Committee.\n(3) The standing orders must make provision about the membership, chairing and procedure of committees of the Senedd and sub-committees of such committees.\n(4) The standing orders may include provision for excluding from the proceedings of a committee of the Senedd , or a sub-committee of such a committee, a Member of the Senedd who is not a member of the committee or sub-committee.\n(5) The validity of any proceedings of a committee of the Senedd, or of a sub-committee of such a committee, is not affected by—\n(a) any vacancy in its membership,\n(b) any defect in the appointment of its members or of the person who chairs it, or\n(c) any failure to comply with provisions of the standing orders relating to procedure.",
  "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. 28(1)(b) omitted (28.4.2026) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026 (asc 9), ss. 18(2)(a), 26(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(15) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)(12)(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 28(2) inserted (28.4.2026) by Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026 (asc 9), ss. 18(2)(b), 26(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/28",
    "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."
}