Section 19: Procedures for orders by Welsh Ministers etc.
58.This section details the legislative procedure applying to orders made under section 13 or 14. Subsections (1) to (3) require the Welsh Ministers to lay a draft order and explanatory document before the National Assembly for Wales after a period of not less than twelve weeks following the commencement of consultation for the purposes of section 18.
59.Subsection (5) provides that the National Assembly, or a Committee of the Assembly charged with reporting on the Order, can opt by resolution or recommendation respectively that an enhanced affirmative procedure, as described in subsections (6) to (9), should apply in relation to any draft order laid before the Assembly in compliance with subsection (1). Such a resolution or recommendation must be made within 30 days of the laying of a draft order. If no such resolution or recommendation is made, the affirmative procedure described in subsection (4) will apply to the order.
