Section 116 Welsh Seal : Letters Patent and proclamationsF3I1
United Kingdom
There is to be a Welsh Seal.
The First Minister is to be the Keeper of the Welsh Seal.
Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision as to—
the form and manner of preparation, and
the publication,
of Letters Patent signed with Her Majesty's own hand signifying Her Assent to a Bill passed by the F1Senedd F2and all royal proclamations under section 4(2) and section 5(4), which have passed under the Welsh Seal.
A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection (3) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Senedd .
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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))
- F2
Words in s. 116(3) inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)
- F3
Words in s. 116 heading substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 5(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(q)
Commencement
- I1
This provision in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))