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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/schedule-7A/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Tribunals, including—\n(a) their membership,\n(b) the appointment and remuneration of their members,\n(c) their functions and procedure, and\n(d) appeals against their decisions,\nare a reserved matter.\n(2) But this paragraph does not apply to a tribunal (a ““devolved tribunal””) all of whose functions are functions that—\n(a) are exercisable only in relation to Wales, and\n(b) do not relate to reserved matters.\n(3) In the case of a tribunal which has functions that do not relate to reserved matters, sub-paragraph (1) does not reserve any function of deciding an appeal or application which—\n(a) relates to a matter that is not a reserved matter, and\n(b) is not an appeal against the decision of a tribunal (other than a devolved tribunal),\nbut it does reserve the tribunal's procedure in relation to that function.\n(4) In determining for the purposes of this paragraph whether functions of a tribunal are exercisable only in relation to Wales, no account is taken of any function that—\n(a) is exercisable otherwise than in relation to Wales, and\n(b) could (apart from paragraph 8 of Schedule 7B) be conferred or imposed by provision falling within the Senedd's legislative competence (by virtue of section 108A(3)).\n(4A) References in this paragraph to Wales include, in relation to a relevant function of a tribunal, the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea.\nA function of a tribunal is “relevant” if it relates to fishing, fisheries or fish health.\n(5) Where the question whether this paragraph applies to a particular tribunal is relevant to determining whether a provision of an Act of the Senedd is within the Senedd's legislative competence, the time for deciding the question is the time when the Act is passed.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "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": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 7A para. 9(4A) inserted (23.1.2021) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), ss. 45(5)(a), 54(2) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
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