Part 2: The Domestic Abuse Commissioner Section 21: Amendments relating to the Commissioner
This section makes three consequential amendments to other enactments. The effect of those in subsections (1) and (2) is that the Commissioner cannot also be a Member of Parliament and that the Commissioner is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 respectively. Subsection (3) amends the scrutiny powers of Senedd Cymru to cover aspects of the work of the Commissioner namely where this involves consulting or co-operating with devolved public authorities, voluntary organisations and other persons in Wales, or disclosing information to a devolved Welsh authority. By virtue of the amendment made to section 37 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, the Senedd is able to require the Commissioner to attend Senedd proceedings (or those of one of its committees) to give evidence or to produce documents which are in the Commissioner’s possession or control.