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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-party-campaigner-campaign-expenditure-senedd-elections-code-of-practice-2025-appointed-day-wales-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-party-campaigner-campaign-expenditure-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 Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Senedd Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (“Code of Practice”) comes into force.\nThe Electoral Commission prepared and consulted on the draft Code of Practice and, in accordance with section 100C(2)(b) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) (“2000 Act”), 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 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 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/46/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:34.927441+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."
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