{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-act-2024/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-act-2024/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2024/4",
  "legislation_title": "Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-act-2024",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Review of operation of Act etc. after 2026 general election",
  "text": "(1) The Presiding Officer must table a motion that complies with subsection (2)—\n(a) as soon as practicable after the first meeting of the Senedd following the first general election held after 6 April 2026, and\n(b) in any event, no later than six months after the first meeting of the Senedd following that election.\n(2) The motion must propose that—\n(a) the Senedd establish a committee for the purpose of carrying out a review of—\n(i) the operation and effect of the provisions of the 2006 Act that are amended, or inserted into that Act, by Parts 1 and 2 of this Act (the Senedd and its Members, the number of Welsh Ministers, and the voting system in general elections etc.);\n(ii) the extent to which the elements of a healthy democracy are present in Wales, and\n(b) a report on the review must be completed by the committee no later than twelve months after the first meeting of the Senedd following the first general election held after 6 April 2026.\n(3) Subsection (4) applies if, following a review of any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) by a committee established pursuant to a motion tabled in accordance with subsection (1), a report on the review is laid before the Senedd by the committee.\n(4) If this subsection applies, the Welsh Ministers must lay before the Senedd a statement that sets out the Welsh Ministers’ response to the report mentioned in subsection (3).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 19 in force at 24.8.2024, see s. 25(2)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/4/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:46.991388+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."
}