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The Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020

W.S.I. 2020/1052 · Made 28 September 2020

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Representation Of The People, Wales

Made 28 September 2020

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 42(3)(b) of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2020 anaw 1.

Contents

  1. 1Title and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (Commencement) Order 2020.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020.

2Appointed day

The appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1 October 2020—

(a)

section 28;

(b)

Schedule 2.

Signature

Mark Drakeford

First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers

28 September 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the first commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (“the Act”).

This Order brings section 28 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Act, which makes provision about financial and oversight arrangements of the Electoral Commission, fully into force on 1 October 2020.