Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026

74 Power to make consequential provision: Wales

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any of the following provisions of this Act—

(a) section 13 (use of accommodation for deprivation of liberty);

(b) section 14(5) (service of documents under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000);

(c) section 22 (ill-treatment or wilful neglect of children);

(d) sections 37 to 42 (children not in school).

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may contain only provision which would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were contained in an Act of the Senedd.

(3) Regulations under this section may amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under—

(a) an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru passed before this Act, or

(b) an Act passed or made before, or in the same session of Parliament as, this Act.

(4) Regulations under this section are to be made by Welsh statutory instrument (see section 37A of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)).

(5) Except as provided by subsection (6), regulations made under this section are subject to the Senedd annulment procedure (see section 37E of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)).

(6) Regulations made under this section that amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or an Act, are subject to the Senedd approval procedure (see section 37C of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)).

(7) The power to make regulations under this section includes power to make—

(a) supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;

(b) different provision for different purposes or areas.