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  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
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  "number": "8",
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  "text": "(1) The following are reserved matters—\n(a) courts (including, in particular, their creation and jurisdiction);\n(b) judges (including, in particular, their appointment and remuneration);\n(c) civil or criminal proceedings (including, in particular, bail, costs, custody pending trial, disclosure, enforcement of orders of courts, evidence, sentencing, limitation of actions, procedure, prosecutors and remedies);\n(d) pardons for criminal offences;\n(e) private international law;\n(f) judicial review of administrative action.\n(See also paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 7B (restrictions on modifying private law and criminal law).)\n(2) The reference to prosecutors in sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not prevent an Act of the Senedd from making provision about responsibility for the prosecution of devolved offences.\nAn offence is a “devolved offence” if provision for the creation of it is within the legislative competence of the Assembly.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not reserve—\n(a) welfare advice to courts in respect of family proceedings in which the welfare of children ordinarily resident in Wales is or may be in question;\n(b) representation in respect of such proceedings;\n(c) the provision of support (including information and advice), to children ordinarily resident in Wales and their families, in respect of such proceedings;\n(d) Welsh family proceedings officers.",
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      "text": "Schs. 7A, 7B substituted for Sch. 7 (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(3), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 2, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 2"
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      "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))"
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