Article 4 Publication etc. of Welsh legislation

(1)

Sections 37N to 37R of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(2)

In section 37S(2) of the 2019 Act, the reference to publication in accordance with section 37Q is to be read, in relation to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026, as a reference to publication under section 2(1) of the 1946 Act.

(3)

Sections 37U and 37W of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026 or an Act of Senedd Cymru that receives Royal Assent before 1 January 2026.

(4)

Sections 37X and 37Y(1) of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(5)

Section 37Z of the 2019 Act does not apply to a Welsh subordinate instrument (within the meaning given by section 3(2) of the 2019 Act) made before 1 January 2026.

(6)

Section 37Z1 of the 2019 Act does not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(7)

Despite paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act, the following provisions continue to have effect in relation to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026 as they had effect immediately before 1 January 2026—

(a)

section 2 of the 1946 Act^f1 and regulations 3 and 4 of the Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947^f2;

(b)

section 3(1) of the 1946 Act^f3 and regulations 9 and 10(2) of those Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Amended by section 1(1)(a) of the Statutory Instruments (Production and Sale) Act 1996 (c. 54).
f2: S.I. 1948/1.
f3: Amended by section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Statutory Instruments (Production and Sale) Act 1996.