1.These Explanatory Notes are for the National Health Service Finance (Wales) Act 2014 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 3 December 2013 and received Royal Assent on 27 January 2014. They have been prepared by the Department for Health and Social Services of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it.