62.Section 19 makes provision requiring the Presiding Officer to table a motion proposing that the Senedd establishes or names a committee to carry out an inquiry into the question of whether and, if so, how a code of conduct for Members of the Senedd should apply to the conduct of a Member at a time when the Member was a candidate at a Senedd election. The motion must also propose that a report of the inquiry must be completed and laid before the Senedd. The motion must be tabled as soon as practicable following the first meeting of the Senedd following the enactment of this Act and in any case within six months of that meeting.
63.If a committee established or named under the motion lays a report on its review before the Senedd, the Welsh Ministers must lay a statement before the Senedd setting out their response to the report.
Commentary on Sections Section 30A – Standards of Conduct Committee Section 19 – Report on applying code of conduct to conduct while a candidate in an election