SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 7BGeneral restrictions
Part 1General restrictions
Ministers of the Crown, government departments and other reserved authorities
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1
A provision of an Act of the F3Senedd cannot remove or modify, or confer power by subordinate legislation to remove or modify, any function of a public authority other than a devolved Welsh authority, unless the appropriate Minister consents to the provision.
2
This paragraph does not apply in relation to—
a
a Minister of the Crown (as to which, see paragraph 11);
b
the Electoral Commission;
c
the Food Standards Agency;
d
the Water Services Regulation Authority;
e
a water or sewerage undertaker;
f
the Consumer Council for Water;
g
the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water for Wales or any other person appointed by the Welsh Ministers under section 86 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (assessors for the enforcement of water quality);
h
the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation;
i
the Human Tissue Authority;
j
the NHS Business Services Authority or Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG;
k
NHS Blood and Transplant or Gwaed a Thrawsblaniadau'r GIG;
l
the Open University;
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an electoral registration officer (within the meaning of section 8 of the Representation of the People Act 1983);
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the Controller of Plant Variety Rights.
3
This paragraph does not apply to the removal or modification of a function of the traffic commissioners relating to—
a
the registration of local bus services, or
b
the application and enforcement of traffic regulation conditions in relation to those services.
4
This paragraph does not apply to—
a
the removal or modification of a devolved function F5... of a court;
b
the removal or modification of a function of a tribunal involving, or connected with, making a decision in relation to a matter that is not a reserved matter.
5
This paragraph does not apply in relation to the funding of police and crime commissioners through council tax precepts.
6
In this paragraph “"public authority”” and “"appropriate Minister”” have the same meaning as in paragraph 8.
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In this paragraph “devolved function” has the same meaning as in paragraph 9(4A).
Schs. 7A, 7B substituted for Sch. 7 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(3), Sch. 2 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 2