# Inquiries Act 2005, Section 29: Welsh inquiries

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This section applies to an inquiry for which the Welsh Ministers are responsible.
(2) The terms of reference of the inquiry must not require it to determine any fact or to make any recommendation that is not wholly or primarily concerned with a Welsh matter.
(3) The powers conferred by section 21 are exercisable only—
(a) in respect of evidence, documents or other things that are wholly or primarily concerned with a Welsh matter, or
(b) for the purpose of inquiring into something that is wholly or primarily a Welsh matter.
(4) Those powers are not exercisable so as to require any evidence, document or other thing to be given, produced or provided by or on behalf of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, the Scottish Ministers or a Northern Ireland Minister.
(5) In this section “Welsh matter” means a matter in relation to which the Welsh Ministers have functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-29
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