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SCHEDULE 4APPLICATIONS TO WELSH MINISTERS: FURTHER AMENDMENTS

15(1)Section 284 (actions which may be questioned in legal proceedings only so far as provided by Part 12) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)(f), after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Welsh Ministers”.

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)in the opening words, after “action on the part of the Secretary of State” insert “or the Welsh Ministers”;

(b)in paragraph (a), for “him” substitute “the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers”;

(c)after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)any decision on an application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62D;

(ab)any decision on a secondary consent dealt with by the Welsh Ministers under section 62F, unless, by virtue of an enactment not contained in this Act—

(i)an appeal against that decision may be made to a person other than the Welsh Ministers, or

(ii)the validity of the decision may otherwise be questioned by way of application to a person other than the Welsh Ministers;

(ac)any decision on an application made to the Welsh Ministers under section 62M or section 62O (not including a decision to refer an application under section 62O(5));;

(d)in paragraph (h), after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Welsh Ministers”.

(4)In subsection (4), after “Secretary of State” insert “or the Welsh Ministers”.