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

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) E+W

56 (1) The Government of Wales Act 1998 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 28 (power of the Welsh Ministers to transfer functions to certain bodies)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) omit “or II”;

(ii) in paragraph (b) omit “II or”;

(b) in subsection (2) omit “or II”;

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) omit “or II”;

(ii) omit paragraph (b), and the “, or” before it.

(3) In Schedule 4 (public bodies whose functions may be transferred)—

(a) in paragraph 3A for “The Care Council for Wales” substitute “Social Care Wales”;

(b) omit—

(i) paragraph 4 (advisory committee for Wales under section 11 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25));

(ii) paragraph 8 (Library and Information Services Council (Wales));

(iii) paragraph 10 (the Wales Tourist Board);

(iv) paragraph 11 (the Welsh Development Agency);

(c) omit Part 2 (advisory committees for Wales under section 19 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)).

(4) In Schedule 10 (consequential amendments to the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c. 46) relating to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23))—

(a) in paragraph 3, omit sub-paragraph (4);

(b) omit paragraph 10;

(c) omit paragraph 13;

(d) in paragraph 14, in sub-paragraph (2), omit the words from “after paragraph (b)” to “and”;

(e) in paragraph 16, omit sub-paragraphs (5), (6) and (8).

(5) In Schedule 12 (amendments to other legislation relating to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004)—

(a) in paragraph 17 (amendments to the Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7)), in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) omit the words from “before “or”” to “and”;

(ii) omit the words from “and after” to the end;

(b) omit paragraphs 21 and 22 (amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)) and the italic heading before them;

(c) omit paragraph 36(b) and the “and” before it (amendments to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)).

(6) In Schedule 16 (amendments relating to the abolition of Housing for Wales)—

(a) omit paragraph 1 (amendment to the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968 (c. 55));

(b) omit paragraph 12 (amendment to the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68));

(c) omit paragraphs 56 and 57 (amendments to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1));

(d) omit paragraph 68 (amendment to the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50));

(e) omit paragraph 84 and, in paragraph 96, omit sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) and (8) (amendments to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52));

(f) omit paragraphs 98 to 100 (amendments to the Audit Commission Act 1998 (c. 18)) and the italic heading before them.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 56 in force at 10.9.2025, see s. 9(2)(d)