Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

1. Introduction

2. Summary and Background

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Part 1 – Procedure for Making Welsh Subordinate Legislation

      1. Section 1 – New Part 2A of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

         1. Section 37A – Welsh statutory instruments

         2. Section 37B – Interpretation

         3. Section 37C – Senedd approval procedure

         4. Section 37D – Senedd confirmation procedure

         5. Section 37E – Senedd annulment procedure

         6. Section 37F – Other Welsh statutory instruments to be laid before Senedd Cymru

         7. Section 37G – Combining subordinate legislation subject to different Senedd procedures

         8. Section 37H – Application of this Part in different circumstances

         9. Schedule 1A - Application of Part 2A to pre-commencement enactments

         10. Schedule 1B - Application of Part 2A to joint or composite legislation

         11. Schedule 1C - Application of Part 2A to Orders in Council

      2. Section 2 – Road traffic orders not required to be made by Welsh statutory instrument

   2. Part 2 – Publication Etc. of Welsh Legislation

      1. Section 3 – New Part 2B of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

         1. Section 37I – The King’s Printer for Wales

            1. Preservation and publication of Acts of Senedd Cymru

         2. Section 37J – Numbering of Acts of Senedd Cymru

         3. Section 37K – Official prints and certified copies of Acts of Senedd Cymru

         4. Section 37L – Preservation of Acts of Senedd Cymru

         5. Section 37M – Publication of Acts of Senedd Cymru

            1. Preservation and publication of Welsh statutory instruments

         6. Section 37N – Official versions and certified copies of Welsh statutory instruments

         7. Section 37O – Preservation of Welsh statutory instruments

         8. Section 37P – Numbering and classification of Welsh statutory instruments

         9. Section 37Q – Publication of Welsh statutory instruments

         10. Section 37R – Publication of Welsh statutory instruments subject to Senedd confirmation procedure

         11. Section 37S – Proceedings for offence under unpublished Welsh statutory instrument: defence

         12. Section 37T – Draft Welsh statutory instruments

         13. Section 37U – Publication of effects of legislation

         14. Section 37V – Publication of Welsh legislation as amended

         15. Section 37W – Record of Welsh legislation

         16. Section 37Y – Printing and selling Welsh legislation and related documents

         17. Section 37Z – Welsh Ministers to publish subordinate legislation not made by statutory instrument

         18. Section 37Z1 – References to Welsh statutory instruments

         19. Section 37Z2 – The King’s Printer for Wales: delegation of functions

   3. Part 3 – Repeals of Welsh Legislation

      1. Section 4 – Repeals and connected amendments

         Schedule 1 – Repeals and connected amendments

         1. Part 1 – Rural Development Boards

         2. Part 2 – Enterprise zone areas

         3. Part 3 – Housing action trusts

         4. Part 4 – Local plans, structure plans and unitary development plans

         5. Part 5 – Energy policies in development plans

         6. Part 6 – Offence of removal of soil without consent

         7. Part 7 – Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011

         8. Part 8 – Reorganisation of local government

         9. Part 9 – Statements of special educational needs

         10. Part 10 – National Park Planning Boards

         11. Part 11 – Welsh Development Agency

         12. Part 12 – Development Board for Rural Wales

         13. Part 13 – Land Authority for Wales

         14. Part 14 – Amendment of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

         15. Part 15 – Unrecorded public rights of way

         16. Part 16 – Miscellaneous amendments relating to the Government of Wales Act 1998

         17. Part 17 – Transitional provision relating to the Government of Wales Act 2006

         18. Part 18 – Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021

         19. Part 19 – Local Government Finance

   4. Part 4 – General

      1. Section 5 – Post-legislative scrutiny

      2. Section 6 – Activities to improve accessibility of Welsh law

      3. Section 7 – Minor amendments to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

         Schedule 2 – Minor amendments to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

      4. Section 8 – Consequential amendments

         Schedule 3 – Consequential amendments

      5. Section 9 – Coming into force

      6. Section 10 – Short title

4. Record of Proceedings in the Senedd