23 Oath or affirmation of allegiance
Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c 32) | Legislation

23  Oath or affirmation of allegiance

(1)     [A Member of the Senedd] must take the oath of allegiance in the form set out in section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (c 72) (or make the corresponding affirmation) as soon as is reasonably practicable after being returned as [a Member of the Senedd] (whether for the first time or subsequently).

(2)     The standing orders must specify the person before whom the oath is to be taken (or the affirmation made).

(3)     Subsection (1) does not require [a Member of

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