Transfer of Assembly functions
32(1)This paragraph applies so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the exercise of any functions of—
(a)the Welsh Ministers,
(b)the First Minister,
(c)the Counsel General,
(d)the Assembly Commission, or
(e)the Assembly constituted by this Act,
which are made exercisable by them by or by virtue of paragraph 30 or 31.
(2)Any relevant reference to the Assembly constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) is to be construed as being or including a reference to—
(a)the Welsh Ministers,
(b)the First Minister,
(c)the Counsel General,
(d)the Assembly Commission, or
(e)the Assembly constituted by this Act,
(according to by whom the function in question is, or is to be, exercised).
(3)In sub-paragraph (2) “relevant reference to the Assembly constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998” means—
(a)a reference in any enactment, prerogative instrument or other document to that Assembly, or
(b)a reference in any enactment or other document which, immediately before the commencement of the repeal by this Act of section 43 of the Government of Wales Act 1998, had effect as a reference to that Assembly.