Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 7A U.K. Reserved matters

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 7A, 7B substituted for Sch. 7 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 2

Part 1 U.K. General Reservations

Foreign affairs etc U.K.

10 (1) International relations, regulation of international trade, and international development assistance and co-operation are reserved matters. U.K.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “"international relations”” includes—

(a) relations with territories outside the United Kingdom;

(b) relations with the EU and its institutions;

(c) relations with other international organisations.

(3) But sub-paragraph (1) does not reserve—

(a) observing and implementing international obligations [F2 and] obligations under the Human Rights Convention F3 ..., or

(b) assisting Ministers of the Crown in relation to any matter to which that sub-paragraph applies.

(4) In this paragraph “"the Human Rights Convention”” means—

(a) the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4th November 1950, and

(b) the Protocols to the Convention,

as they have effect for the time being in relation to the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 7A para. 10(3)(a) substituted for comma (11.3.2021) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/290), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

F3 Words in Sch. 7A para. 10(3)(a) omitted (11.3.2021) by virtue of The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/290), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)