Regulation 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

The title of these Regulations is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales (Appointment) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 1 April 2007.

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

In these Regulations—

• the Commissioner (“y Comisiynydd”) means the Children’s Commissioner for Wales ^f1;

• the First Secretary” (“y Prif Ysgrifennydd”) means the person elected from time to time as the Assembly First Secretary pursuant to section 53(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998^f2;

• “the First Minister (“y Prif Weinidog”) means the person appointed from time to time as the First Minister for Wales under section 46 of the Government of Wales Act 2006^f3;

• “the initial period” (“y cyfnod cychwynnol”) means the initial period as defined in section 161(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;

• “relevant children” (“plant perthnasol”) means such children resident in Wales as are selected for the purposes of a particular appointment in such a manner—

  1. (a)

     as the relevant committee may determine in accordance with the terms of reference of the committee, or

  2. (b)

     in the absence of such a determination, as the First Secretary may determine;

• “relevant committee” (“pwyllgor perthnasol”) means such a committee as may be established from time to time by the National Assembly for Wales under section 54(1)(b) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 for the purpose of providing advice and determining matters relating to the appointment of the Commissioner.

In these Regulations, a reference —