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| Government of Wales Bill, As Amended
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| Page 4, line 36 [Clause 7], leave out subsections (5) and (6) and insert— |
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| | ‘(5) | The list must not include a person— |
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| | (a) | who is included on any other list submitted for the Assembly electoral |
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| | region or any list submitted for another Assembly electoral region, |
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| | (b) | who is an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for the |
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| | Assembly electoral region or another Assembly electoral region, |
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| | (c) | who is a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly |
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| | constituency which is not included in the Assembly electoral region, or |
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| | (d) | who is a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly |
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| | constituency included in the Assembly electoral region but is not a |
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| | (6) | A person may not be an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for the |
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| | Assembly electoral region if he is— |
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| | (a) | included on a list submitted by a registered political party for the |
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| | Assembly electoral region or another Assembly electoral region, |
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| | (b) | an individual candidate to be an Assembly member for another Assembly |
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| | (c) | a candidate to be the Assembly member for an Assembly constituency |
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| | which is not included in the Assembly electoral region, or |
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| | (d) | a candidate of any registered political party to be the Assembly member |
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| | for an Assembly constituency included in the Assembly electoral |
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| Page 4, line 42 [Clause 7], at end insert ‘(unless section [Person filling |
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| constituency vacancy to be eligible as constituency member or regional member at |
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| subsequent general election] applies).’. |
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| Page 5, line 8 [Clause 7], at end insert ‘(unless section [Person filling constituency |
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| vacancy to be eligible as constituency member or regional member at subsequent general |
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| Page 7, line 43 [Clause 11], leave out subsection (8). |
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| Page 8, line 18 [Clause 12], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | For the purposes of subsection (1), section 2 of the Representation of the People |
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| | Act 1983 (c.2) (local government electors) shall have effect as if for subsection |
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| | (1) (d) there were substituted— |
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| | “(d) | is of voting age (that is, 16 years or over)”.’. |
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| Page 8, line 20 [Clause 12], leave out paragraph (a). |
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| Page 13, line 40 [Clause 22], leave out ‘immediately before’ and insert ‘when’. |
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| Page 14, line 2 [Clause 22], leave out ‘immediately before’ and insert ‘when’. |
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| Page 14, line 15 [Clause 23], after ‘affirmation)’, insert ‘or in the form of the |
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| Assembly Oath set out in subsection (1A)’. |
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| Page 14, line 16 [Clause 23], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The wording of the Assembly Oath shall be— |
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| | | “I do solemnly swear to discharge the responsibilities required of me to the best |
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| | of my abilities and faithfully serve the people of Wales whom I here represent”.’. |
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| Page 17, line 17 [Clause 27], at end insert ‘not belonging to the same political |
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| Page 18, line 11, leave out Clause 29. |
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| Page 18, line 14 [Clause 29], leave out subsections (2) to (9) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The standing orders shall include provision for ensuring that in apportioning |
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| | Members to committees and sub-committees regard is had to the balance of |
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| | political parties represented in the Assembly.’. |
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| Page 18, line 14 [Clause 29], leave out subsections (2) to (9) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The members of any committee established by the Assembly under section 28 |
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| | (a) | shall be elected by the Assembly from among the Assembly members, |
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| | (b) | shall, unless that committee exists solely to provide advice, be elected so |
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| | as to secure that, as far as is practicable, the balance of the parties in the |
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| | Assembly is reflected in the membership of the committee. |
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| | (1B) | The committees established by the Assembly under section 28 (1) shall be, as far |
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| | as is practicable, chaired by members of political parties in proportion to the |
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| | number of members of the Assembly belonging to each party.’. |
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| Page 21, line 40 [Clause 35], leave out from ‘effect,’ to ‘to’ in line 41 and insert |
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| ‘save in exceptional cases where it is not reasonably possible to do so’. |
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