Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025

PART 3 GENERAL

27 General interpretation

In this Act—

• “the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42);

• “the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4);

• “the 2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2).

28 Consequential and transitional provision etc.

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—

(a) make provision that is incidental or supplementary to, or consequential on, any provision of this Act;

(b) make transitional or saving provision in connection with any provision of this Act.

(2) Regulations under this section—

(a) may amend, modify, repeal or revoke any enactment, whenever enacted or made, including this Act;

(b) are to be made by statutory instrument.

(3) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section that amend, modify or repeal an enactment contained in primary legislation may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.

(4) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

(5) In subsection (3), “primary legislation” means—

(a) an Act of Senedd Cymru;

(b) a Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;

(c) an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

29 Coming into force

(1) The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

(a) in Part 1—

(i) sections 1, 16, 21 and 22 (in so far as it relates to paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1);

(ii) paragraphs‍‍ 2(1) and (6), 3(b), 5(1) and (4), 7(1), (3), (4), (14) and (15) of Schedule 1;

(b) in Part 2, sections 23 and 26;

(c) this Part.

(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may make transitional or saving provision.

30 Short title

The short title of this Act is the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025.