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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/schedule-3A/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) Functions specified in the table below, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales (or, in the case of functions under the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 or the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, the Welsh zone), are exercisable concurrently with the Welsh Ministers.\n(2) A function specified in the table that is exercisable subject to a requirement for the approval or consent of the Treasury or the Minister for the Civil Service is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers subject to that requirement except as noted in the table.\nAct\nFunctions\nMinistry of Transport Act 1919\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 17 (power to make advances).\nIndustrial Organisation and Development Act 1947\nFunctions of the Board of Trade under section 11 (grants to the Council of Industrial Design and to design centres).\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury approval.\nPrevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown of carrying out research under or in connection with the Act.\nLandlord and Tenant Act 1954\nCertification functions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 57(1) to (6), and\n(b)section 58.\nScience and Technology Act 1965\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 5 (funding of scientific research), except so far as relating to United Kingdom Research and Innovation and Research Councils.\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\n. . .\n. . .\nSlaughter of Poultry Act 1967\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 4 (power of entry).\nSea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown or the Marine Management Organisation under—\n(a)...\n(b)section 4A (licensing of vessels receiving trans-shipped fish).\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 15(3) (order by Ministers as to powers of British sea-fishery officers for enforcement of the Act).\nNote: the functions under section 4A are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nSea Fisheries Act 1968\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 5(1) and (2)(a) (regulation of conduct of fishing operations).\nTransport Act 1968\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 57 (grants for research or development in connection with transport services, etc).\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury approval.\nLocal Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under the Act.\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nEmployment and Training Act 1973\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 2, except for—\n(a)any function of making arrangements for the principal purpose of helping all those (as distinct from a particular section of the population of Wales) without work to find employment and to help employers to fill vacancies, and\n(b)any function ancillary to that function.\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 4 (disclosure of information),\n(b)section 5 (powers to appoint advisers and make payments), and\n(c)section 11(3) (payments in respect of injuries etc).\nNote: the functions under sections 2 and 5(3) are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury approval, and the functions under section 5(2)(b) are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.\nLocal Government Act 1974\nFunction of a Minister of the Crown of giving notice, other than a notice of discharge, under section 32(3) (non-disclosure of documents).\nImport of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 1 (power to limit the import etc of fish and fish eggs), and\n(b)section 3(2) (authorisation of act done for scientific or research purpose).\nNote: the functions under section 1 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nWildlife and Country-side Act 1981\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under—\n(a)section 2(6) (power to declare period of special protection for birds), and\n(b)section 16 (power to grant licences).\nIndustrial Develop-ment Act 1982\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under the Act, except for functions under sections 1, 8(5) and (7), 10, 13A, 15 and 16.\nNote: the functions under sections 5, 7, 8 (except subsections (5) and (7)), 12 and 13 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent or approval.\nInheritance Tax Act 1984\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 230 (acceptance of property in satisfaction of tax) where there is both a Welsh interest and another interest in the property to which the section applies.\nFood Act 1984\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 69A (information).\nFood and Environ-mental Protection Act 1985\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 1(1) (power to make emergency orders),\n(b)section 3(1) and (2) (authorisation of investigating officers and enforcement officers),\n(c)section 13 (powers to test and to charge for testing), and\n(d)section 17 (codes of practice).\nLocal Government Finance Act 1988\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 88B (special grants) so far as they relate to police and crime commissioners.\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nRoad Traffic Act 1988\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under—\n(a)section 39(1) (road safety information or advice), and\n(b)section 40 (payments for road safety measures).\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury approval.\nOfficial Secrets Act 1989\nFunctions of the Secretary of State to prescribe persons or classes of member or employee for the purposes of paragraphs (f) and (g) of section 12(1) (meaning of ““Crown servant””), where exercisable in respect of bodies or offices in relation to which both the Welsh Ministers and a Minister of the Crown exercise functions.\nTown and Country Planning Act 1990\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 304 (grants for research and education), and\n(b)section 321 (local inquiries).\nNote: the functions under section 304 are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\n. . .\n. . .\nPlanning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under—\n(a)section 38(1) (contribution to compensation payable by local authority), and\n(b)paragraph 6(6) of the Schedule (powers of direction regarding disclosure of evidence in local inquiries).\nNote: the functions under section 38(1) are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nFood Safety Act 1990\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 47 of paying remuneration and allowances.\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury approval.\nSocial Security Act 1990\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 15 (grants for the improvement of energy efficiency in certain dwellings etc).\nNote: the functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers free from any requirement for Treasury consent.\nTransport and Works Act 1992\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 9 (schemes of national significance).\nClean Air Act 1993\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 46(1) (functions in relation to Crown premises).\nWelsh Language Act 1993\nFunctions under—\n(a)section 25 (powers to give Welsh names to statutory bodies etc), and\n(b)section 26 (powers to prescribe Welsh forms).\nNational Lottery etc. Act 1993\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 26(1) (directions to distributing bodies) so far as it relates to the National Lottery Charities Board and the New Opportunities Fund but excluding any power to give a direction to such bodies as to—\n(a)the allocation of resources to Wales (or any part of Wales) or between Wales (or any part of Wales) and any other part of the United Kingdom, or\n(b)conditions that apply to the whole of the United Kingdom.\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 26(2) (directions to National Heritage Memorial Fund) but excluding any power to give a direction to the Fund as to—\n(a)the allocation of resources to Wales (or any part of Wales) or between Wales (or any part of Wales) and any other part of the United Kingdom, or\n(b)conditions that apply to the whole of the United Kingdom.\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 26(5) (consultation) so far as it relates to concurrently exercisable functions under section 26(1) or 26(2).\nHousing Act 1996\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 185 (persons from abroad: eligibility for housing assistance).\nHuman Rights Act 1998\nFunctions of a Minister of the Crown under section 5(2) (joinder of Minister etc as a party to proceedings) in respect of any proceedings in which a court is considering whether to make a declaration of incompatibility within the meaning of section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 in respect of—\n(a)subordinate legislation made by the Senedd, or\n(b)subordinate legislation made, in relation to Wales, by a Minister of the Crown in the exercise of a function that is exercisable by the Senedd.\nPollution Prevention and Control Act 1999\nFunctions under section 2 (regulation of polluting activities) exercisable by the Secretary of State—\n(a)in relation to a cross-border body, ...\n(b)...\nEducation Act 2002\nFunctions of the Secretary of State under section 186 (student loans), but excluding the power to make regulations in relation to loans of the description in section 186(2)(a)",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (8.1.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/893, reg. 2"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1(2) inserted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 12 para. 22(2); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1(2) omitted (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 3"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 10(2)(a)(i) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3A para. 1(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 10(2)(a)(ii) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1 omitted (4.11.2024) by virtue of Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), s. 212(2), Sch. 13 para. 183 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(19) (with Sch. 1 para. 2(11)-(14))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1 omitted (24.5.2018) by virtue of The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1 inserted (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1 inserted (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(c)"
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      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
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