Welsh Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, Wales
Made
1 March 2021
Coming into force
1 October 2021
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25B(3)(c) and 203(9) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1), make the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 203(6) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru(2).
2006 c. 42; see section 206(1) for the definition of “regulations”. Section 1(1) of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 5) (“the 2016 Act”) inserted section 25B into the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”). Section 1(2) of the 2016 Act amended section 203(6) of the 2006 Act to provide that regulations made under section 25B(3)(c) of the 2006 Act are made pursuant to the affirmative procedure. Section 1(3) of the 2016 Act inserted the definition of “nurse staffing level”, as defined in section 25B(1)(a) of the 2006 Act, into the table of defined expressions in section 207 of the same Act.
The reference in section 203(6) to the National Assembly for Wales now has effect as a reference to Senedd Cymru by virtue of section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).