Law Derived from the European Union (Wales) Act 2018

Urgent procedure regulations

4 (1) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act (except section 11, section 12 and section 22) may be made without a draft being laid before, and approved by resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales if it contains a declaration that the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make the regulations without a draft being laid and approved.

(2) After an instrument is made in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers must lay it before the National Assembly for Wales along with a statement explaining the circumstances of the urgency and why, in the Welsh Ministers’ opinion, it was necessary to make the regulations without a draft being laid and approved.

(3) Regulations contained in an instrument made in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) cease to have effect at the end of a period of 30 days, beginning with the day on which the instrument is made unless, during that period, the instrument is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(4) In calculating the period of 30 days, no account is to be taken of any time during which the National Assembly for Wales is dissolved or in recess for more than four days.

(5) If regulations cease to have effect as a result of sub-paragraph (3), that does not—

(a) affect the validity of anything previously done under the regulations, or

(b) prevent the making of new regulations.