The Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2025
S.I. 2025/1183 · Made 12 November 2025 · Extends to United Kingdom
Constitutional Law
Representation Of The People, Wales
Senedd Cymru
Made
12th November 2025Coming into force
13th November 2025At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of November 2025
Present,
The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
In accordance with section 16(6) of the Government of Wales Act 2006f1 a draft of this Order was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Accordingly, His Majesty, in pursuance of sections 16(1)(b) and (5), and 157(1) and (2) of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order as follows:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2006 c. 32. Relevant amendments were made to section 16 by sections 29 and 42 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), and section 61 of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5).
Contents
- 1Title and coming into force
- 2Designation of disqualifying offices
- 3Revocation
- Signature
- Schedule: Offices disqualifying persons from being a Member of the Senedd
- Explanatory note
1Title and coming into forceI1
The title of this Order is the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2025.
It comes into force on 13th November 2025 but articles 2 and 3 only have effect for the purposes of a Senedd Cymru election at which the poll is held on or after 6th April 2026.
2Designation of disqualifying officesI1
The offices described in the Schedule are designated as offices held by a person, or persons, that disqualifies that person, or those persons, from being a Member of the Senedd.
In this Article, “offices” has the same meaning as in section 16(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
3RevocationI1
The Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020f1 is revoked.
Signature
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates, for the purposes of a Senedd Cymru election at which the poll is held on or after 6th April 2026, offices whose holders are disqualified from being a Member of the Senedd (but not from being a candidate to be a Member of the Senedd). The offices are described in the Schedule to this Order.
Other disqualifying offices and categories of persons disqualified from being a Member of the Senedd (and in some cases from being a candidate to be a Member of the Senedd) are prescribed by section 16 of, and Schedule 1A to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32). This Order should be read with those provisions.
This Order revokes the Senedd Cymru (Disqualification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1255), though that Order continues to have effect for a Senedd Cymru election at which the poll is held before 6th April 2026.