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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-member-accountability-and-elections-act-2026/section-1",
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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": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Overview",
  "text": "(1) This Part provides for the recall of Members of the Senedd by recall poll.\n(2) A recall poll is a poll held on whether a Member of the Senedd should be removed or retained as a member of Senedd Cymru.\n(3) If the outcome of a recall poll is that a Member of the Senedd is to be removed, the member’s seat becomes vacant (see sections 12 and 13).\n(4) See section 11 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) for provision about the consequences of a vacancy in membership of Senedd Cymru.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 26(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1(2) in force at 1.11.2026 by W.S.I. 2026/128, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/9",
      "affecting_title": "Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/9/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:38:34.245778+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."
}