Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw4)

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 ACCESSIBILITY OF WELSH LAW

   1. 1. Duty to keep accessibility of Welsh law under review

   2. 2. Programme to improve accessibility of Welsh law

3. PART 2 INTERPRETATION AND OPERATION OF WELSH LEGISLATION

   1. Application and effect of Part

      1. 3. Legislation to which this Part applies

      2. 4. Effect of provisions in this Part

   2. Bilingual Welsh legislation

      1. 5. Equal status of Welsh and English language texts

   3. Meaning of words and expressions used in Welsh legislation

      1. 6. Definitions of words and expressions

      2. 7. Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa

      3. 8. Words denoting a gender are not limited to that gender

      4. 9. Variations of a word or expression due to grammar etc.

      5. 10. References to time of day

      6. 11. References to the Sovereign

      7. 12. Measurement of distance

   4. Service of documents by post or electronically

      1. 13. Service of documents by post or electronically

      2. 14. Day on which service is deemed to be effected

   5. Powers and duties

      1. 15. Continuity of powers and duties

      2. 16. Exercise of a power or duty that is not in force

      3. 17. Inclusion of sunset provisions and review provisions in subordinate legislation

      4. 18. Revoking, amending and re-enacting subordinate legislation

      5. 19. Amendment of subordinate legislation by an Act of Senedd Cymru

      6. 20. Varying and withdrawing directions

   6. References in Welsh legislation to legislation and other documents

      1. 21. References to portions of enactments, instruments and documents

      2. 22. Edition of Act of Senedd Cymru or Assembly Measure referred to

      3. 23. Edition of Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom referred to

      4. 24. References to direct EU legislation retained in domestic law after EU exit

      5. 25. References to enactments are to enactments as amended

      6. 25A. References to relevant separation agreement law

      7. 26. References to certain EU instruments

   7. Duplication of criminal offences

      1. 27. Duplicated offences

   8. Application to the Crown

      1. 28. Application of Welsh legislation to the Crown

   9. Coming into force of legislation

      1. 29. Time when Welsh legislation comes into force

      2. 30. Day on which an Act of Senedd Cymru comes into force

      3. 31. Orders and regulations bringing Acts of Senedd Cymru into force

   10. Amendment, repeal and revocation of legislation

       1. 32. Amendments made to or by Welsh legislation

       2. 33. Repeals and revocations do not revive law previously repealed, revoked or abolished

       3. 34. General savings in connection with repeals and revocations

       4. 35. Effect of re-enactment

       5. 36. Referring to an Act of Senedd Cymru by its short title after repeal

       6. 37. Meaning of repeal and revocation in this Part

4. PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 38. Power to replace descriptions of dates and times in Welsh legislation

   2. 39. Power to make subordinate legislation in different forms

   3. 40. Combining subordinate legislation subject to different Senedd procedures

   4. 40A. Application of this Part in relation to the Welsh zone

5. PART 4 GENERAL

   1. 41. Consequential amendments and repeals

   2. 42. Power to make additional provision to give full effect to this Act

   3. 43. Regulations made under this Act

   4. 44. Coming into force of this Act

   5. 45. Short title

6. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

      1. Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)

         1. 1. For section 23B of the Interpretation Act 1978 (application of...

      2. Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

         1. 2. (1) The Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended as...

      3. Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8)

         1. 3. (1) The Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 is amended as follows....