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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/body" NumberOfProvisions="207" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-01-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/part/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/part/5" NumberOfProvisions="32" id="part-5" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2020-05-06"><Number><Strong>Part 5</Strong></Number><Title>Finance</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/part/5/crossheading/expenditure" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/part/5/crossheading/expenditure" NumberOfProvisions="9" RestrictStartDate="2020-05-06" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." id="part-5-crossheading-expenditure"><Title><Emphasis>Expenditure</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2020-05-06" ConfersPower="true" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I."><Title><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">Inclusion in Budget motions of resources used by designated bodies</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A" id="section-126A"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">126A</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/1" id="section-126A-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">A Budget motion for a financial year may include information relating to resources expected to be used by any body that is a designated body in relation to a relevant person.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2" id="section-126A-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">For the purposes of this section a body is a  “designated” body in relation to a relevant person if—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2/a" id="section-126A-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">it is designated in relation to the relevant person by an order made by the Welsh Ministers, or</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/2/b" id="section-126A-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">it falls within a description of body designated in relation to the relevant person by such an order.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/3" id="section-126A-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">A body, or a description of body, may be designated in relation to a relevant person for a particular financial year or generally.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/4" id="section-126A-4"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">4</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">If the Welsh Ministers expect the use of resources by a body in a financial year to involve payments out of a relevant Consolidated Fund to or for the benefit of the body, they may not make an order under which the body would be a designated body for the year unless the Treasury have consented to the making of the order.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32/section/126A/5" id="section-126A-5"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">5</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">

“

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” means—

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CommentaryRef="c20937571">But subsection (9) does not apply if a draft of the statutory instrument containing the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the   </Addition><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571"><Substitution ChangeId="key-113e9be1b1122dd0bc2cf5791be61dba-1596471397482" CommentaryRef="key-113e9be1b1122dd0bc2cf5791be61dba">Senedd</Substitution></Addition><Addition ChangeId="d29p9346" CommentaryRef="c20937571">.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c20937571" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 126A inserted (11.11.2010) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2010/25" id="c00497" Year="2010" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="25" Title="Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010">Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00497" id="c00498" 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