1.Type C and D regulations made by the Welsh Ministers are to be made by statutory instrument.
2.Except as specified in paragraphs 4 and 5, a statutory instrument containing type C regulations made by the Welsh Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
3.A statutory instrument containing type D regulations made by the Welsh Ministers is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
4.Except as specified in paragraph 5, a statutory instrument containing regulations made under Article 10(2), 21(2) or 30(6) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.
5.A statutory instrument containing regulations made under Article 21(2) may be made without a draft of the instrument being laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales if it contains a declaration that the Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make the regulations without a draft being so laid and approved.
6.After a statutory instrument is made in accordance with paragraph 5, it must be laid before the National Assembly for Wales.
7.Regulations contained in a statutory instrument made in accordance with paragraph 5 cease to have effect at the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which the instrument is made unless, during that period, the instrument is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
8.In calculating the period of one month, no account is to be taken of any time during which the National Assembly for Wales is:
(a)dissolved, or
(b)in recess for more than four days.
9.If regulations cease to have effect as a result of paragraph 7, that does not:
(a)affect the validity of anything previously done under the regulations;
(b)prevent the making of new regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F1Arts. 51-51e substituted for Art. 51 by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/778), reg. 1, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2020/1501, regs. 1(a), 5(4)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)