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<Text>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any of the following provisions of this Act—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>section <InternalLink Ref="section-13" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/13" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/13">13</InternalLink> (use of accommodation for deprivation of liberty);</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>section <InternalLink Ref="section-14" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/14" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/14">14</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-14-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/14/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/14/5">(5)</InternalLink> (service of documents under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000);</Text>
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<Text>section <InternalLink Ref="section-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/22" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/22">22</InternalLink> (ill-treatment or wilful neglect of children);</Text>
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<Text>sections <InternalLink Ref="section-37" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/37" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/37">37</InternalLink> to <InternalLink Ref="section-42" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/42" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/42">42</InternalLink> (children not in school).</Text>
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<Text>Regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-74-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74/1">subsection (1)</InternalLink> may contain only provision which would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if it were contained in an Act of the Senedd.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-74" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74">this section</InternalLink> may amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under—</Text>
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<Text>an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru passed before this Act, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>an Act passed or made before, or in the same session of Parliament as, this Act.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-74" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74">this section</InternalLink> are to be made by Welsh statutory instrument (see <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/37A" id="c00902" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="section-37A">section 37A</Citation> of the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/contents" id="c00903" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="contents">Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)</Citation>).</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>Except as provided by subsection <InternalLink Ref="section-74-6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74/6" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74/6">(6)</InternalLink>, regulations made under <InternalLink Ref="section-74" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74">this section</InternalLink> are subject to the Senedd annulment procedure (see <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/37E" id="c00904" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="section-37E">section 37E</Citation> of the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/contents" id="c00905" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="contents">Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)</Citation>).</Text>
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<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations made under <InternalLink Ref="section-74" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74">this section</InternalLink> that amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or an Act, are subject to the Senedd approval procedure (see <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/37C" id="c00906" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="section-37C">section 37C</Citation> of the <Citation URI="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/contents" id="c00907" Class="WelshNationalAssemblyAct" Year="2019" Number="4" SectionRef="contents">Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)</Citation>).</Text>
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<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
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<Text>The power to make regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-74" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/74" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/74">this section</InternalLink> includes power to make—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>different provision for different purposes or areas.</Text>
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