SCHEDULES
F1F1 SCHEDULE 8
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Part V General
Direct references to Judicial Committee
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1
The Attorney General or the Assembly may refer to the Judicial Committee any devolution issue which is not the subject of proceedings.
2
Where a reference is made under sub-paragraph (1) by the Attorney General in relation to a devolution issue which relates to the proposed exercise of a function by the Assembly—
a
the Attorney General shall notify the Assembly of that fact, and
b
the Assembly shall not exercise the function in the manner proposed during the period beginning with the receipt of the notification and ending with the reference being decided or otherwise disposed of.
Sch. 8 repealed by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), ss. 161, 163, Sch. 12 (with Sch. 11), the amending provision coming into force immediately after "the 2007 election" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) (which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes 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)) and s. 161(6) of the amending Act - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)-(6) of the amending Act.