Introductory text

electoral commission

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, WALES

SENEDD CYMRU

Made 12 February 2026

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 100C(8)(b) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000^f1 (“the 2000 Act”) make the following Order.

The Electoral Commission prepared a draft of the Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (“Code of Practice”) in accordance with section 100A(1A) of the 2000 Act and consulted with Senedd Cymru and such other persons as the Electoral Commission considered appropriate, in accordance with section 100C(1) of the 2000 Act.

Following the consultation, the Electoral Commission modified the draft Code of Practice and submitted it to the Welsh Ministers for approval in accordance with section 100C(2)(b) of the 2000 Act.

The Welsh Ministers approved the draft Code of Practice without modifications in accordance with section 100C(3) of the 2000 Act, and the draft Code of Practice was laid before Senedd Cymru on 15 December 2025, in accordance with section 100C(4) and (5) of the 2000 Act.

No resolution of the kind mentioned in section 100C(6) of the 2000 Act was made by Senedd Cymru within 40 days of the draft Code of Practice being laid.

The Code of Practice was issued, in the form of the draft laid before the Senedd, by the Welsh Ministers under section 100C(8)(a) of the 2000 Act and the Code of Practice will be published by the Electoral Commission under section 100C(8)(c) of the 2000 Act.