{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006/section-116.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/32",
  "legislation_title": "Government of Wales Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/government-of-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/116",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Welsh Seal : Letters Patent and proclamations",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a Welsh Seal.\n(2) The First Minister is to be the Keeper of the Welsh Seal.\n(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision as to—\n(a) the form and manner of preparation, and\n(b) the publication,\nof Letters Patent signed with Her Majesty's own hand signifying Her Assent to a Bill passed by the Senedd and all royal proclamations under section 4(2) and section 5(4), which have passed under the Welsh Seal.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection (3) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Senedd .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "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": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "This provision in force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/116",
    "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."
}