8 General elections

Part 2 Voting System at Senedd General Elections and Allocation of Seats

8  General elections

For sections 6 to 9 of the 2006 Act (voting and seat allocation at general elections) substitute—

“6 Voting at general elections

(1)     Each person entitled to vote at a general election in a Senedd constituency may give a vote for—

(a)     a registered political party that has submitted a list of candidates to be Members of the Senedd for the constituency, or

(b)     an individual who is a candidate (“an individual candidate”) to be a Member of the Senedd for the constituency.

(2)     An order under section 13 must provide for the ballot paper used at a general election in a Senedd constituency to include the names of the candidates who stand nominated to be Members of the Senedd for the constituency.

(3)     In this Act “registered political party” means a party registered under Part 2 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c 41).

7 Candidates at general elections

(1)     A registered political party may submit a list of candidates to be Members of the Senedd for a particular Senedd constituency at a general election.

(2)     The list must be submitted

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