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<Text>A power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act must be exercised by statutory instrument.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>A power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act includes power—</Text>
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<Text>to make different provision for different areas, different school years, or different purposes;</Text>
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<Text>to make different provision generally or subject to specified exemptions or exceptions or in relation to specified cases;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitory, transitional or saving provision.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The provision that may be made under subsection (2)(c) includes provision that amends, repeals or revokes any enactment, including any provision in this Act.</Text>
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<Text>A statutory instrument containing any of the following may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru—</Text>
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<Text>regulations under sections 1(2), 3(1) and‍ 3(3), 5(2), 9(3), 10(3), 11(2)(b), (3)(b) and (c), 13, 14(4), 20(4), 24(10), 40(1), 46(8)(b) and‍ paragraphs 2(4) and 3(f) of Schedule 2;</Text>
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<Text>regulations that amend or repeal any enactment contained in primary legislation (including any provision in this Act).</Text>
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<Text>Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.</Text>
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<Text>In subsection (4) “<Term id="term-primary-legislation">primary legislation</Term>” means—</Text>
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<Text>an Act of Senedd Cymru;</Text>
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<Text>an Assembly Measure;</Text>
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