Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 7A, 7B substituted for Sch. 7 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(3), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 2
1(1)A provision of an Act of the [F2Senedd] cannot make modifications of, or confer power by subordinate legislation to make modifications of, the law on reserved matters.U.K.
(2)“"The law on reserved matters”” means—
(a)any enactment the subject-matter of which is a reserved matter and which is comprised in an Act of Parliament or subordinate legislation under an Act of Parliament, and
(b)any rule of law which is not contained in an enactment and the subject-matter of which is a reserved matter,
and in this sub-paragraph “"Act of Parliament”” does not include this Act.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))
2(1)Paragraph 1 does not apply to a modification that—U.K.
(a)is ancillary to a provision made (whether by the Act in question or another enactment) which does not relate to reserved matters, and
(b)has no greater effect on reserved matters than is necessary to give effect to the purpose of that provision.
(2)In determining what is necessary for the purposes of this paragraph, any power to make laws other than the power of the [F2Senedd] is disregarded.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))