Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 “(the Act)” which was passed by Senedd Cymru on 9 July 2024 and received Royal Assent on 9 September 2024. They have been prepared by the Elections Division of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it. They are not meant to be a comprehensive description of the Act, and where an individual section of the Act does not require explanation or comment, none is given.