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SCHEDULE 7E+WREGULATIONS AND ORDERS MADE BY WELSH MINISTERS

Regulations under PCPA 2004E+W

1(1)Section 122 of PCPA 2004 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1)(b), for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “ Welsh Ministers ”.

(3)In subsection (5)(g), for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “ Welsh Ministers ”.

(4)After subsection (6) insert—

(6A)Subsection (6) does not apply in relation to a statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation made by the Welsh Ministers.

(6B)The Welsh Ministers must not make a statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation which includes provision amending or repealing an enactment contained in primary legislation unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(6C)A statutory instrument containing subordinate legislation made by the Welsh Ministers to which subsection (6B) does not apply is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(5)After subsection (10) insert—

(11)In subsection (6B), “primary legislation” means—

(a)an Act of Parliament;

(b)an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales.