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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-and-elections-wales-act-2020/section-36",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2020/1",
  "legislation_title": "Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-and-elections-wales-act-2020",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Timing of first meeting of the Senedd after a general election",
  "text": "(1) In section 3 of the 2006 Act (ordinary general elections), in subsection (2)(b), for “seven” substitute “ fourteen ”.\n(2) In section 4 of the 2006 Act (power to vary date of ordinary general election), in subsection (2)(c), for “seven” substitute “ fourteen ”.\n(3) In section 5 of the 2006 Act (extraordinary general elections), in subsection (4)(c), for “seven” substitute “ fourteen ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 in force on the day of the first Senedd election at which the poll is held on or after 5.4.2021 see s. 42(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2020/1/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:02.462078+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."
}