Article 3 Procedure for making Welsh subordinate legislation

(1)

In this article “pre-commencement subordinate legislation” means subordinate legislation—

(a)

made before 1 January 2026, or

(b)

contained in a draft statutory instrument laid before Senedd Cymru before that date.

(2)

Sections 37C to 37H of and Schedules 1A to 1C to the 2019 Act do not apply to pre-commencement subordinate legislation.

(3)

Sections 4(1), 5 to 7 and 11A(4) of the 1946 Act^f1 continue to have effect in relation to pre-commencement subordinate legislation as they had effect immediately before 1 January 2026, despite paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act.

(4)

Section 40 of the 2019 Act continues to have effect in relation to pre-commencement subordinate legislation as it had effect immediately before 1 January 2026, despite paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 4(1) was amended by section 18 of and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 6 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and section 11A was inserted by section 160 of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).