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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-member-accountability-and-elections-act-2026/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asc/2026/9",
  "legislation_title": "Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-member-accountability-and-elections-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)‍",
  "text": "(1) The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 20A(4) (electoral administrations functions), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) recall polls;”.\n(3) In section 20B(1) (directions to returning officers), after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) recall polls generally,\n(bb) a particular recall poll,”.\n(4) In section 20C(1) (directions to electoral registration officers), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(ba) a particular recall poll,”.\n(5) In section 20I (interpretation), after the definition of “local government elections” insert—\n“recall poll” (“pôl adalw) means a recall poll under Part 1 of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026;”.\n(6) In section 49J(8) (implementation of final report by the Welsh Ministers), after “Member of the Senedd to Senedd Cymru,” insert “the holding or conduct of a recall poll under the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026,”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 26(3)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/9/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:38:34.245778+00:00"
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  "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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