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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-109",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/864",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025",
  "path": "article/109",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "109",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the principles, practice, and rules on which election courts act in dealing with parliamentary election petitions must be observed by the High Court and election court in the case of Senedd election petitions so far as appropriate having regard to the different system of election.\n(2) The High Court has, subject to the provisions of this Order, the same powers, jurisdiction, and authority with respect to a Senedd election petition and the proceedings on it as if the petition were an ordinary action within its jurisdiction.\n(3) The duties to be performed in relation to Senedd elections by the prescribed officer under this Part will be performed by one or more of the masters of the Senior Court (King’s Bench Division) as the Lord Chief Justice may determine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 109 in force at 18.7.2025, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/article/109",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:06.457930+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."
}