{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-act-2024/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-members-and-elections-act-2024/section-5.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/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Increase in maximum number of Welsh Ministers",
  "text": "In section 51 (limit on number of Ministers) of the 2006 Act—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “twelve” substitute “17”;\n(b) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(3) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (1) to increase the maximum number of holders of a relevant Welsh Ministerial office—\n(a) from 17 to 18 or 19;\n(b) from 18 to 19.\n(4) The power in subsection (3) may not be used to lower the maximum number (including by revoking regulations made under that subsection).\n(5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (3) may not be made unless‍—\n(a) a draft of the instrument has been laid before‍ the Senedd, and\n(b) the number of Members of the Senedd voting in favour of a resolution of the Senedd approving the draft is at least two-thirds of the total number of Senedd seats.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 8.5.2026, see s. 25(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/4/section/5",
    "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."
}