77Regulations under sections 17, 28(2) and 75: initial procedure(1)

The Welsh Ministers may not lay a draft of a Welsh statutory instrument containing regulations under section 17‍, 28(2) or 75‍ before Senedd Cymru in accordance with section 135(4) unless—

(a)

they have laid the required documents before Senedd Cymru, and

(b)

a period of 60 days beginning with the day on which the required documents were laid (“the 60-day period”) has expired.

(2)

The “required documents” are—

(a)

a proposed draft of the regulations, and

(b)

a statement that—

(i)

gives details of the consultation carried out under section 17(2) or 28(7) (as applicable), and

(ii)

explains why the Welsh Ministers consider that the regulations are necessary.

(3)

In calculating the 60-day period, no account is to be taken of any time during which Senedd Cymru is dissolved or is in recess for more than four days.

(4)

If the Welsh Ministers, having complied with subsection (1), lay a draft Welsh statutory instrument containing regulations under section 17‍, 28(2) or 75 before Senedd Cymru in accordance with section 135(4), they must include with the draft a statement that gives details of—

(a)

any representations they received during the 60-day period, and

(b)

any differences between the proposed draft of the regulations and the regulations in the draft Welsh statutory instrument.

(5)

This section does not apply to regulations made only for the purpose of amending provision made by regulations under section 28(2) which relates to the matters set out in section 28(4) or (5).