Detailed Commentary on Sections in Part 2 Supplementary Section 91: Validity of acts
312.This section ensures that the validity of the acts of a person as First Minister are not affected by any defect in that person’s nomination by the Assembly and that, similarly, the validity of any act of a person as Counsel General is not affected by any defect in the Assembly’s agreement to that person’s appointment to that office. Similar protection is given in relation to the Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer (section 25(14), members of the Assembly Commission (Schedule 2 paragraph 10(b)), and the Auditor General for Wales (Schedule 8 paragraph 1(4)).