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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2019/4",
  "legislation_title": "Legislation (Wales) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Continuity of powers and duties",
  "text": "(1) A power conferred by an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument may be exercised on more than one occasion.\n(2) A duty imposed by an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument is continuous and must be performed as occasion requires.\n(3) Where a power is conferred or a duty is imposed by an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument on the holder of an office, it is to be exercised by the holder for the time being of the office.",
  "extent": null,
  "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. 5(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:03.284429+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."
}