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

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 PROCEDURE FOR MAKING WELSH SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

    1. 1.New Part 2A of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

    2. 2.Road traffic orders not required to be made by Welsh statutory instrument

  3. PART 2 PUBLICATION ETC. OF WELSH LEGISLATION

    1. 3.New Part 2B of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

  4. PART 3 REPEALS OF WELSH LEGISLATION

    1. 4.Repeals and connected amendments

  5. PART 4 GENERAL

    1. 5.Post-legislative scrutiny

    2. 6.Activities to improve accessibility of Welsh law

    3. 7.Minor amendments to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

    4. 8.Consequential amendments

    5. 9.Coming into force

    6. 10.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REPEALS AND CONNECTED AMENDMENTS

      1. PART 1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS

        1. 1.Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)

        2. 2.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        3. 3.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

      2. PART 2 ENTERPRISE ZONE AREAS

        1. 4.Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)

        2. 5.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        3. 6.Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 6)

      3. PART 3 HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS

        1. 7.Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

        2. 8.Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (c. 10)

        3. 9.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        4. 10.Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

        5. 11.Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

        6. 12.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

        7. 13.Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)

        8. 14.Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)

        9. 15.Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)

        10. 16.Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)

        11. 17.Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1)

      4. PART 4 LOCAL PLANS, STRUCTURE PLANS AND UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS

        1. 18.Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

        2. 19.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        3. 20.Planning Act 2008 (c. 29)

        4. 21.Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2847)

      5. PART 5 ENERGY POLICIES IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS

        1. 22.Planning and Energy Act 2008 (c. 21)

        2. 23.Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)

        3. 24.Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)

      6. PART 6 OFFENCE OF REMOVAL OF SOIL WITHOUT CONSENT

        1. 25.Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953 (c. 10)

      7. PART 7 DOMESTIC FIRE SAFETY (WALES) MEASURE 2011

        1. 26.Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 3)

      8. PART 8 REORGANISATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

        1. 27.Social services committees

        2. 28.In Schedule 15 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994...

        3. 29.The Residuary Body established under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        4. 30.In section 14(1) of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)...

        5. 31.In section 33(9) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

        6. 32.In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act...

        7. 33.In section 252(12) of the Town and Country Planning Act...

        8. 34.In section 19(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992...

        9. 35.In section 79(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)...

        10. 36.In Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52),...

        11. 37.In the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), omit...

        12. 38.Transitional provision under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

        13. 39.In Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c....

        14. 40.Decentralisation schemes and joint working under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

        15. 41.In Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)...

      9. PART 9 STATEMENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

        1. 42.Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

        2. 43.Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

        3. 44.Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

      10. PART 10 NATIONAL PARK PLANNING BOARDS

        1. 45.Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

      11. PART 11 WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

        1. 46.Industry Act 1979 (c. 32)

        2. 47.Industry Act 1980 (c. 33)

        3. 48.Welsh Development Agency Act 1997 (c. 37)

        4. 49.Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

      12. PART 12 DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR RURAL WALES

        1. 50.Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75)

        2. 51.Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

      13. PART 13 LAND AUTHORITY FOR WALES

        1. 52.Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

      14. PART 14 AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 9 TO THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

        1. 53.Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

      15. PART 15 UNRECORDED PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY

        1. 54.Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

        2. 55.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 (definitive maps and statements...

      16. PART 16 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WALES ACT 1998

        1. 56.Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

        2. 57.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

      17. PART 17 TRANSITIONAL PROVISION RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WALES ACT 2006

        1. 58.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

        2. 59.National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43)

        3. 60.Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1)

      18. PART 18 WELSH ELECTIONS (CORONAVIRUS) ACT 2021

        1. 61.Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021 (asc 2)

      19. PART 19 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

        1. 62.Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5)

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION (WALES) ACT 2019

      1. 1.Introduction

      2. 2.References to “Welsh subordinate instrument”

      3. 3.Laying documents before Senedd Cymru

      4. 4.Exercise of a power or duty that is not in force

      5. 5.Church Measures: effect of references and amendments

      6. 6.In section 25(4) (references to enactments are to enactments as...

      7. 7.In section 37 (meaning of repeal and revocation in Part...

      8. 8.Continuity of subordinate legislation: no effect on Crown application

      9. 9.Referring to Welsh subordinate instruments

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. 1.Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36)

      2. 2.Laying of Documents before Parliament (Interpretation) Act 1948 (c. 59)

      3. 3.Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47)

      4. 4.Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)

      5. 5.Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

      6. 6.In section 115— (a) omit subsections (5A) to (5E);

      7. 7.In Schedule 10, omit paragraphs 1 to 3 and the...

      8. 8.Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)

      9. 9.Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)

      10. 10.In section 3(2), before “statutory instrument” insert “Welsh statutory instrument...

      11. 11.In section 22(2)— (a) after “certified copy” insert “of the...

      12. 12.In section 23(2)— (a) for “Queen’s Printer” substitute “King’s Printer...

      13. 13.In section 39— (a) in subsection (1), before “statutory instrument”,...

      14. 14.Omit section 40.

      15. 15.For section 43 substitute— Regulations made under this Act (1) A power to make regulations under this Act—

      16. 16.Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1)

      17. 17.Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28)

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