{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-member-accountability-and-elections-act-2026/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-member-accountability-and-elections-act-2026/section-2.json",
  "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/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "How a Member of the Senedd becomes subject to a recall poll",
  "text": "(1) A Member of the Senedd becomes subject to a recall poll if—\n(a) trigger event A or trigger event B has occurred in relation to the Member of the Senedd, and\n(b) the Presiding Officer gives notice of that fact under section 6.\n(2) Trigger event A is that the Member of the Senedd, after becoming a Member of the Senedd, is convicted in the United Kingdom of an offence for which the member is sentenced or ordered to be imprisoned or detained.\n(3) Sections 3 and 4 contain more about trigger event A.\n(4) Trigger event B is that Senedd Cymru resolves to submit the Member of the Senedd to a recall poll following a report from the Standards of Conduct Committee recommending submission of the member to a recall poll.\n(5) Section 5 contains more about trigger event B.\n(6) The provision made by or under this Act in relation to a recall poll does not affect other ways in which a Member of the Senedd’s seat may be vacated.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 26(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/9",
      "affecting_title": "Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/9/section/2",
    "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."
}