Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2A inserted (1.1.2026) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), ss. 1(2), 9(4); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(a) (with art. 3(1)(2))
(1)This section applies where an enactment provides that subordinate legislation to be made by Welsh statutory instrument is subject to the “Senedd confirmation procedure”.
(2)The Welsh statutory instrument containing the subordinate legislation must be laid before Senedd Cymru as soon as practicable after the subordinate legislation is made.
(3)But the subordinate legislation contained in the Welsh statutory instrument ceases to have effect if it is not confirmed by resolution of Senedd Cymru before—
(a)a period specified in the enactment ends, or
(b)an event specified in the enactment occurs.
(4)Where the subordinate legislation ceases to have effect under subsection (3)—
(a)in so far as the subordinate legislation is not in force when it ceases to have effect, the subordinate legislation does not come into force after that date (despite any provision in it for its coming into force),
(b)in so far as the subordinate legislation is in force on that date, nothing further is to be done or continued under, or in reliance on, the subordinate legislation after that date, and
(c)the responsible authority must, by order, revoke the subordinate legislation.
(5)But this does not affect—
(a)the validity of anything previously done under the subordinate legislation, or
(b)the making of new subordinate legislation.
(6)An order under subsection (4)(c) is to be made by Welsh statutory instrument.]