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(1)This Part applies to—
(a)this Act;
(b)[F1Acts of Senedd Cymru] that receive Royal Assent on or after [F21 January 2020];
(c)Welsh subordinate instruments that are made on or after [F31 January 2020].
(2)“Welsh subordinate instrument” means an instrument (whether or not that instrument is a statutory instrument) containing only one or both of the following—
(a)subordinate legislation that is made under an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or an Assembly Measure, whether by the Welsh Ministers or by any other person;
(b)subordinate legislation that—
(i)is made under an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or [F5assimilated direct] legislation,
(ii)is made only by the Welsh Ministers or any other devolved Welsh authority (within the meaning given by section 157A of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)), and
(iii)applies only in relation to Wales.
(3)References in the rest of this Part to an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or a Welsh subordinate instrument are (unless otherwise provided) references to an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or Welsh subordinate instrument to which this Part applies by virtue of subsection (1).
[F6(4)In relation to subordinate legislation that relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health and is made after section 45 of the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22) comes into force, the reference in subsection (2)(b)(iii) to Wales includes the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(9)
F2Words in s. 3(1)(b) substituted (11.10.2019) by The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1333), arts. 1(2), 3(a)
F3Words in s. 3(1)(c) substituted (11.10.2019) by The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1333), arts. 1(2), 3(b)
F4Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(8)
F5Words in s. 3(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), s. 22(3), Sch. 2 para. 9(2)(b) (with s. 22(6)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 3(e)
F6S. 3(4) inserted (23.1.2021) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), ss. 46(6)(a), 54(2) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)
I2S. 3 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2
(1)Where this Part applies to an [F4Act of Senedd Cymru] or a Welsh subordinate instrument, the provisions in this Part have effect in relation to the Act or instrument except so far as—
(a)express provision is made to the contrary, or
(b)the context requires otherwise.
(2)The exception in subsection (1) does not apply to section 5 (equal status of texts of bilingual legislation).
(3)Paragraph (b) of that exception does not apply to—
(a)section 10 (references to time of day);
(b)section 28 (application of Welsh legislation to the Crown);
(c)section 33 (repeals and revocations do not revive law previously repealed, revoked or abolished).
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(8)
Commencement Information
I3S. 4 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)
I4S. 4 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2
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