SCHEDULE 3 New Schedule 1A to the Government of Wales Act 2006
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SCHEDULE 3 New Schedule 1A to the Government of Wales Act 2006

(introduced by section 29)

This Schedule sets out the new Schedule 1A to the 2006 Act, to be inserted before Schedule 2 to that Act.

“SCHEDULE 1A
Disqualification from Being a Member of the Senedd or a Candidate in an Election to be a Member of the Senedd
SECTION 16
Part 1
Categories of Persons Disqualified

Persons under 18 years of age

1

A person who has not attained the age of 18 before the day on which the person is nominated as a candidate for election as a Member of the Senedd.

Citizenship

2

(1)     A person who is not—

(a)     a British citizen,

(b)     a qualifying Commonwealth citizen,

(c)     a qualifying foreign citizen,

(d)     a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or

(e)     a citizen of the European Union who is resident in the United Kingdom.

(2)     For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a person is a qualifying Commonwealth citizen if that person is a Commonwealth citizen who either—

(a)     is not a person who requires leave under the Immigration Act 1971 (c 77) to enter or remain in

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