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Government of Wales Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment No. 8, in page 4, line 42, at end insert '(unless section [Person filling constituency vacancy to be eligible as constituency member or regional member at subsequent general election] applies).'. Amendment No. 9, in page 5, line 8, at end insert '(unless section [Person filling constituency vacancy to be eligible as constituency member or regional member at subsequent general election] applies).'. Amendment No. 2, in page 7, line 43 [Clause 11], leave out subsection (8). Amendment No. 13, in page 90, line 28 [Clause 160], at end insert— '(8) Section 7 comes into force in accordance with section [Commencement of provisions relating to candidates at general elections].'. New clause 4—Person filling constituency vacancy to be eligible as constituency member or regional member at subsequent general election— 'A person who has become an Assembly constituency member as a result of an election held under section 10 may be included in a list of candidates for return as Assembly regional members for a particular Assembly electoral region at the subsequent general election even if, at that general election, he is also a candidate to be the Assembly constituency member for an Assembly constituency.'. New clause 7—Commencement of provisions relating to candidates at general elections— '(1) Section 7 comes into force on such day after the 2007 election as the Secretary of State may by order appoint. (2) But no order under subsection (1) may be made unless— (a) the Secretary of State has undertaken appropriate consultation with— (i) the Assembly, and (ii) each political party represented in the Assembly, and (b) the Electoral Commission has made a report. (3) No order under subsection (1) may be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.'.