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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-forms-of-oaths-and-affirmations-government-of-wales-act-2006-order-2007/article-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/2044",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Forms of Oaths and Affirmations (Government of Wales Act 2006) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-forms-of-oaths-and-affirmations-government-of-wales-act-2006-order-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Welsh form of oath of allegiance taken or corresponding affirmation made by a person appointed as the First Minister for Wales, as a Welsh Minister, as the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government, or as a Deputy Welsh Minister",
  "text": "(1) When a person takes the oath of allegiance required by section 55(2) of the 2006 Act they may take that oath in the form set out in article 5(2).\n(2) When a person makes the corresponding affirmation required by section 55(2) of the 2006 Act they may make that affirmation in the form set out in Article 6(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 55(2) of the 2006 Act requires a person appointed as the First Minister for Wales, as a Welsh Minister, as the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government or as a Deputy Welsh Minister to take an oath of allegiance in the form set out in section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (c. 72), or make a corresponding affirmation. Section 55(3) of the 2006 Act excepts such persons from this requirement if they have taken the oath of allegiance or made the corresponding affirmation in compliance with a duty on being returned as an Assembly member. The duty on Assembly members to take the oath of allegiance or make a corresponding affirmation is imposed by section 23(1) of the 2006 Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/2044/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:00:43.347630+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."
}