{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-charges-order-2026/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-charges-order-2026/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-charges-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the Government of Wales Act 2006;\n“the 2025 Order” (“Gorchymyn 2025”) means the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025;\n“returning officer” (“swyddog canlyniadau”) means the officer who, in accordance with article 18(2) of the 2025 Order, is the returning officer for a Senedd constituency;\n“Senedd” (“Senedd”) has the same meaning as in section 1(1) of the 2006 Act;\n“Senedd constituency” (“etholaeth Senedd”) is to be construed in accordance with section 2 of the 2006 Act;\n“Senedd election” (“etholiad i’r Senedd”) means an election to return a Senedd member for a Senedd constituency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 1(1) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2 was substituted by section 2(1) of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/76/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:12.561838+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."
}