28 Financial assistance schemes to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office

28  Financial assistance schemes to promote diversity in persons seeking elected office

(1)     The Welsh Ministers may by regulations provide for schemes of financial assistance (of any specified kind) to help candidates in a Welsh election having specified characteristics or specified circumstances overcome barriers to their participation in the election connected to those characteristics or circumstances.

(2)     The Welsh Ministers must by regulations provide for a scheme of financial assistance (of any specified kind) to help disabled candidates in a Welsh election overcome barriers to their participation in the election connected to their disability.

(3)     The regulations under subsection (2) may provide that only specified kinds of disabled candidate may be given financial assistance under the scheme.

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