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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/individual-candidate-election-expenses-senedd-elections-code-of-practice-2025-appointed-day-wales-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Individual Candidate Election Expenses (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/individual-candidate-election-expenses-senedd-elections-code-of-practice-2025-appointed-day-wales-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 18 February 2026 as the day on which the Individual Candidate Election Expenses (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (“Code of Practice”) comes into force.\nThe Code of Practice replaces the Candidate Election Expenses (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2021, for elections to Senedd Cymru held after the 6 April 2026. The Candidate Election Expenses (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2021 (Appointed Day) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/264 (W. 70)), which appointed a day for the Candidate Election Expenses (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2021 to come into force, was revoked, subject to certain savings, on 18 July 2025 by the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864 (W. 150)) (“2025 Order”).\nThe Electoral Commission prepared the draft Code of Practice and, in accordance with paragraph 20(2) of Schedule 7 to the 2025 Order, submitted it to the Welsh Ministers for approval. The Welsh Ministers have approved the draft Code of Practice without modifications, and the draft Code of Practice was laid before Senedd Cymru on 15 December 2025.\nNo resolution to not approve the draft Code of Practice was made by Senedd Cymru and as a result, the Welsh Ministers make this Order to appoint the day for the Code of Practice to come into force.\nThe Code of Practice was issued by the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 20(7)(a) of Schedule 7 to the 2025 Order and the Code of Practice will be published by the Electoral Commission under paragraph 20(7)(c) of Schedule 7 to the 2025 Order.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/48/note",
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  "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."
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