Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw4)

PART 2 E+W INTERPRETATION AND OPERATION OF WELSH LEGISLATION

Amendment, repeal and revocation of legislation E+W

37 Meaning of repeal and revocation in this Part E+W

(1) In this Part, references to repealing or revoking an enactment or abolishing a rule of law include—

(a) substituting anything for the enactment or rule (or for any part of it);

(b) limiting the application or effect of the enactment or rule;

(c) providing for the enactment or rule to cease to have effect.

(2) For the purposes of sections 34 to 36 (but not section 33)—

(a) the expiry of a temporary [F1 Act of Senedd Cymru] is to be treated as a repeal of the Act by an [F1 Act of Senedd Cymru] or a Welsh subordinate instrument;

(b) the expiry of a temporary Welsh subordinate instrument is to be treated as a revocation of the instrument by an [F1 Act of Senedd Cymru] or a Welsh subordinate instrument.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(8)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 37 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)

I2 S. 37 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2