{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/article-61.json",
  "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/61",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Court’s power to require information from election agent or sub-agent",
  "text": "(1) Where on an application under article 60 it appears to the court that any person who is or has been an election agent or sub-agent has—\n(a) refused or failed to make a return or declaration as to election expenses, or\n(b) refused or failed to supply the particulars that would enable a person to comply with the provisions of this Order as to the return or declarations as to election expenses,\nthe court must, before making an order under that article, order that person to attend before the court.\n(2) The court must on the attendance of that person, unless that person shows cause to the contrary, order that person—\n(a) to make the return and declaration, or\n(b) to deliver a statement of the particulars required to be contained in the return,\nas the court considers just, within a timeframe, to any person and in the manner as it may direct, or may order that person to be examined with respect to the particulars.\n(3) If a person fails to comply with any order of the court under this article, the court may order that person to pay a fine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 61 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/61",
    "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."
}