{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-115",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-115.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/115",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "115",
  "heading": "Royal Assent",
  "text": "(1) It is for the Presiding Officer to submit Bills for Royal Assent.\n(2) The Presiding Officer may not submit a Bill for Royal Assent at any time when—\n(a) the Attorney General or the Counsel General is entitled to make a reference in relation to the Bill under section 111B or 112,\n(b) such a reference has been made but has not been decided or otherwise disposed of by the Supreme Court, or\n(c) an order may be made in relation to the Bill under section 114.\n(3) The Presiding Officer may not submit a Bill in its unamended form for Royal Assent if—\n(a) the Supreme Court has decided on a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 112 that the Bill or any provision of it would not be within the Senedd's legislative competence, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3A) The Presiding Officer may not submit a Bill for Royal Assent if the Supreme Court has decided on a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 111B(2)(b) (reference following Presiding Officer's decision that Bill does not contain protected subject-matter) that any provision of the Bill relates to a protected subject-matter unless, since the decision, the Bill has been approved in accordance with standing orders made by virtue of section 111(7).\n(4) A Bill receives Royal Assent when Letters Patent under the Welsh Seal signed with Her Majesty's own hand signifying Her Assent are notified to the Clerk.\n(4A) The Keeper of the Welsh Seal (see section 116(2)) must make arrangements to send the Letters Patent to the National Library of Wales.\n(5) The date of Royal Assent is to be written on the Act of the Senedd by the Clerk, and forms part of the Act.\n(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5F) The National Library of Wales must ensure that the ... Letters Patent it receives are preserved and open to public inspection at all reasonable times.\n(6) The standing orders must include provision for notification by the Clerk to the Senedd of the date of Royal Assent to an Act of the Senedd .\n(7) The validity of an Act of the Senedd is not affected by any failure to comply with provision made by or by virtue of subsection (4), (5) or (6).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 12(1), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 12(1), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(2)(a) inserted (31.3.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 10(8)(a), 71(2)(c) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(3) substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 12(1), 71(4) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "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": "F6",
      "text": "S. 115(3)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), s. 25(4), Sch. 3 para. 40 (with s. 19, Sch. 8 para. 37); S.I. 2020/1622, reg. 3(l) (with regs. 10, 14, 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 115(3A) inserted (31.3.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), ss. 10(8)(b), 71(2)(c) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 115(4A) inserted (5.5.2011) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Commencement of Assembly Act Provisions, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1011), art. 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 115(5A)-(5E) omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(4), Sch. 3 para. 6(a); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 115(5F) omitted (1.1.2026) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(4), Sch. 3 para. 6(b); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 115 in force at 5.5.2011 by S.I. 2011/1011, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/115",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:12.769607+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}