26.Section 8 specifies the circumstances which will have the effect of bringing the recall poll process to an end early i.e. before a poll has taken place and notice of the outcome has been given and names them early termination events A, B and C. Subsection (1) provides that early termination events can only occur after the Presiding Officer’s notice under section 6(1) is given and before the notice of the outcome of the recall poll is given under section 12(2)(d).
27.The early termination events are:
	Early termination event A – that the Presiding Officer has proposed a date for the holding of an extraordinary general election in accordance with section 5(1) of the 2006 Act.
	Early termination event B – the seat of the member subject to recall is vacated so there is no member to recall, for example because the member resigns.
	Early termination event C – where trigger event A has occurred, the sentence or conviction leading to trigger event A occurring is overturned on appeal (within the meaning of section 4(7)).
28.Where any of the early termination events occur, subsection (5) requires the Presiding Officer to notify the relevant constituency returning officer that this section applies and to specify which of the early termination events has occurred. Where such a notice is received the constituency returning officer must take no further action in relation to the recall process after receiving the Presiding Officer’s notice under subsection (5) except the actions under subsection (7) and any action required or permitted under regulations made under section 11. Subsection (7) requires the constituency returning officer to take all necessary steps to terminate the recall poll process and give public notice of the termination of that process in accordance with any regulations made under section 11. Subsection (8) requires the Presiding Officer to lay the notice given under subsection (5) before the Senedd unless the Senedd has been dissolved in the case of early termination event A.
Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Recall of Members of the Senedd Section 8 – Early termination of a recall poll