1(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision for securing—U.K.
(a)the separate exercise in relation to Wales of functions of the Forestry Commissioners, and
(b)the exercise of functions by the Forestry Commissioners in relation to Wales free from so much of any requirements as would oblige them to have regard to circumstances outside Wales or to interests other than those of Wales.
(2)An order under this paragraph may include provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of the M1Forestry Act 1967 or any other enactment.
(3)The functions of the Forestry Commissioners—
(a)may be exercised in relation to Wales whether or not they are exercised in relation to England or Scotland, and
(b)may be exercised differently in relation to Wales on the one hand and England or Scotland on the other.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 1 wholly in force; Sch. 7 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent; Sch. 7 para. 1(1)(2) in force at 1.4.1999 by S.I. 1999/782, art. 2; Sch. 7 para. 1(3) in force at 14.5.2001 by S.I. 2001/1756, art. 2
Marginal Citations
2(1)This paragraph applies where a function of the Forestry Commissioners to make any subordinate legislation is exercised by the making of a statutory instrument containing only provision relating to Wales.U.K.
[F1(2)No provision—
(a)requiring the statutory instrument, or a draft of the statutory instrument, to be laid before Parliament or either House of Parliament,
(b)for the annulment or approval of the statutory instrument, or a draft of the statutory instrument, by or in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament or of both Houses, or
(c)prohibiting the making of the statutory instrument without such approval,
has effect in relation to the function.
(3)But the subordinate legislation may not be made without the consent of the Welsh Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7 para. 2(2)(3) substituted for Sch. 7 para. 2(2)-(8) by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), ss. 160, 161, Sch. 10 para. 55(2) (with Sch. 11), the amending provision coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(4)(c)(5) of the amending Act