{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Voting at general elections",
  "text": "(1) Each person entitled to vote at a general election in a Senedd constituency may give a vote for—\n(a) a registered political party that has submitted a list of candidates to be Members of the Senedd for the constituency, or\n(b) an individual who is a candidate (“an individual candidate”) to be a Member of the Senedd for the constituency.\n(2) An order under section 13 must provide for the ballot paper used at a general election in a Senedd constituency to include the names of the candidates who stand nominated to be Members of the Senedd for the constituency.\n(‍3) In this Act “registered political party” means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. ‍41).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 6-9 substituted (24.8.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 8, 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/6",
    "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."
}