Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

PART 10 WGENERAL

172Orders and regulationsW

(1)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order or regulations under this Measure is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)A statutory instrument containing any of the following may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales—

(a)regulations under section 9(1)(i) [F1F2... F3... or Part 2];

(b)an order under section F4...[F5158] F6...;

F7(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)an order under section 177 that contains modifications of an enactment (other than an enactment contained in subordinate legislation).

F8(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)Any other statutory instrument containing an order or regulations under this Measure, apart from an instrument containing only an order under section 178 (commencement), is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(5)Any power of the Welsh Ministers under this Measure to apply an enactment is a power to apply it with or without modifications.

(6)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order or regulations under this Measure includes (but is not limited to) power—

(a)to make different provision for different cases, different purposes, or different geographical areas;

(b)to make provision generally or in relation to specific cases;

(c)to make such supplementary, transitional, transitory, consequential, saving, incidental and other provision as the Welsh Ministers consider necessary or appropriate.

Textual Amendments

F9173Procedure applicable to certain orders under section 127W

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Textual Amendments

174Guidance and directionsW

(1)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to give guidance under this Measure includes power to vary or revoke guidance given.

(2)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to give directions under this Measure includes power to vary or revoke directions given.

(3)Any power of the Welsh Ministers to give guidance or directions under this Measure includes power—

(a)to make different provision for different cases, different purposes, or different geographical areas;

(b)to make provision generally or in relation to specific cases.

(4)Subsections (1) to (3) do not limit the powers under this Measure to give guidance or directions.

175InterpretationW

In this Measure—

  • [F10“corporate joint committee” (“cyd-bwyllgor corfforedig”) means a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;]

  • “enactment” (“deddfiad”) includes—

    (a)

    an enactment whenever passed or made,

    (b)

    an enactment contained in this Measure, and

    (c)

    provision contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);

  • “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county borough council or county council in Wales;

  • “modifications” (“addasiadau”) includes (but is not limited to) amendments, repeals and revocations.

  • “prescribed” (“rhagnodedig”) means prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

Textual Amendments

176Consequential amendments and repealsW

(1)In section 106 of the Local Government Act 2000 (Wales), after subsection (4) insert—

“(5)The power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order under section 21A(13)(b) or section 21G is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(6)A statutory instrument which contains an order made by the Welsh Ministers under section 21A(13)(b) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(7)A statutory instrument which contains an order under section 21G may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.”.

(2)Schedule 4 (repeals and revocations) has effect.

(3)The revocation of the Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1086), by subsection (2), does not affect the power of the Panel to prescribe matters in relation to a scheme made under Part 2 of those Regulations where that scheme operates during any part of the financial year beginning 1 April 2011 (and for this purpose “Panel” and “financial year” have the same meanings as in Part 8 of this Measure).

Commencement Information

I1S. 176 partly in force; s. 176(2) in force for certain purposes at 11.5.2011 and for certain further purposes at 10.7.2011, see s. 178(1)(c)(2)(d)

I2S. 176(1) in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(p)

I3S. 176(2) in force at 30.4.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(2)(l)

177Power to make supplementary provisionW

(1)The Welsh Ministers may, by order, make such supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory and saving provision as they consider appropriate in connection with this Measure.

(2)The provision that may be made under subsection (1) includes (but is not limited to) modifications of any enactment.

(3)The modifications that may be made by virtue of subsection (2) are in addition to those made by or which may be made under any other provision of this Measure.

178CommencementW

(1)The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which this Measure is approved by Her Majesty in Council—

(a)sections 58, 77, 79, 80 and 159;

(b)this Part (except section 176);

(c)Part E of Schedule 4 (and section 176(2) in so far as it relates to Part E of Schedule 4).

(2)The following provisions come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Measure is approved by Her Majesty in Council—

(a)Parts 3 and 4;

(b)sections 55 and 76;

(c)Chapters 2 to 9 of Part 7;

(d)Parts B and C of Schedule 4 (and section 176(2) in so far as it relates to Parts B and C of Schedule 4).

(3)Subject to subsections (1) and (2), this Measure comes into force in accordance with provision made by the Welsh Ministers by order.

179Short titleW

This Measure may be cited as the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011.