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Section 131 Power to disapply requirementsI1I2

England and Wales

(1)

Regulations may provide for a power for the Welsh Ministers to direct that requirements imposed by, under or by virtue of this Act do not apply in a case specified in the direction.

(2)

The regulations—

(a)

must specify the requirements that may be dis-applied by direction;

(b)

must requir‍e the Welsh Ministers to, as soon as reasonably practicable after making a direction—

(i)

publish the direction, and

(ii)

lay a statement about the direction before Senedd Cymru explaining its effect and why it was made;

(c)

may authorise directions to apply in a particular case or cases generally.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 131 in force at 4.6.2024 for specified purposes, see s. 147(1)(b)

I2

S. 131 in force at 15.12.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(i)