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Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

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  1. Introduction

  2. Summary and Background

  3. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Accessibility of Welsh Law

      1. Section 1 – Duty to keep accessibility of Welsh law under review

      2. Section 2 – Programme to improve accessibility of Welsh law

    2. Part 2: Interpretation and Operation of Welsh Legislation

      1. Section 3 – Legislation to which this Part applies

      2. Section 4 – Effect of provisions in this Part

      3. Section 5 – Equal status of Welsh and English language texts

      4. Section 6 and Schedule 1 – Definitions of words and expressions

      5. Section 7 – Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa

      6. Section 8 – Words denoting a gender are not limited to that gender

      7. Section 9 – Variations of a word or expression due to grammar etc.

      8. Section 10 – References to time of day

      9. Section 11 – References to the Sovereign

      10. Section 12 – Measurement of distance

      11. Section 13 – Service of documents by post or electronically

      12. Section 14 – Day on which service is deemed to be effected

      13. Section 15 – Continuity of powers and duties

      14. Section 16 –Exercise of a power or duty that is not in force

      15. Section 17 – Inclusion of sunset provisions and review provisions in subordinate legislation

      16. Section 18 – Revoking, amending and re-enacting subordinate legislation

      17. Section 19 – Amendment of subordinate legislation by an Assembly Act

      18. Section 20 – Varying and withdrawing directions

      19. Section 21 – References to portions of enactments, instruments and documents

      20. Section 22 – Edition of Assembly Act or Assembly Measure referred to

      21. Section 23 – Edition of Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom referred to

      22. Section 24 – References to direct EU legislation retained in domestic law after EU exit

      23. Section 25 – References to enactments are to enactments as amended

      24. Section 26 – References to EU instruments

      25. Section 27 – Duplicated offences

      26. Section 28 – Application of Welsh legislation to the Crown

      27. Section 29 – Time when Welsh legislation comes into force

      28. Section 30 – Day on which an Assembly Act comes into force

      29. Section 31 – Orders and regulations bringing Assembly Acts into force

      30. Section 32 – Amendments made to or by Welsh legislation

      31. Section 33 – Repeals and revocations do not revive law previously repealed, revoked or abolished

      32. Section 34 – General savings in connection with repeals and revocations

      33. Section 35 – Effect of re-enactment

      34. Section 36 – Referring to an Assembly Act by its short title after repeal

      35. Section 37 – Meaning of repeal and revocation in this Part

    3. Part 3: Miscellaneous

      1. Section 38 – Power to replace descriptions of dates and times in Welsh legislation

      2. Section 39 – Power to make subordinate legislation in different forms

      3. Section 40 – Combining subordinate legislation subject to different Assembly procedures

    4. Part 4: General

      1. Section 41 and Schedule 2 – Consequential amendments and repeals

      2. Section 43 – Coming into force of this Act

  4. Record of Proceedings in National Assembly for Wales

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