Government of Wales Act 2006

150 Power to make consequential provision

(1) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in consequence of—

(a) any provision made by an Assembly Measure or Act of the Assembly,

(b) any provision of subordinate legislation made, or purporting to be made, under an Assembly Measure or Act of the Assembly,

(c) any provision of subordinate legislation made, or purporting to be made, by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General, or

(d) any provision of subordinate legislation made, or purporting to be made, by any other person (not being a Minister of the Crown) in the exercise of a function conferred or imposed by Act of Parliament where the statutory instrument (or a draft of the statutory instrument) containing the subordinate legislation is required to be laid before the Assembly.

(2) An order under this section may make such modifications of—

(a) any enactment (including any enactment comprised in or made under this Act) or prerogative instrument, or

(b) any other instrument or document,

as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(3) An order under this section may not make provision with respect to matters within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

(4) An order under this section may make provision having retrospective effect.

(5) No order under this section which contains provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments contained in an Act is to be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(6) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section is (unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament) subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(7) In subsection (1) “made” includes confirmed or approved.