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Section 23 Edition of Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom referred toI1I2

(1)

This section applies where an F1Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument refers to an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (whether by its short title or by year, statute, session or chapter).

(2)

The reference is a reference to the Act as enacted which is published—

(a)

by the F2King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament, or

(b)

under the superintendence or authority of F3His Majesty’s Stationery Office.

(3)

But—

(a)

where the reference is to an Act included in a revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, the reference is a reference to that edition;

(b)

where paragraph (a) does not apply and the reference is to an Act included in the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, the reference is a reference to that edition.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Act substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(8)

F2

Words in s. 23(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(a); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(e)

F3

Words in s. 23(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(4), Sch. 3 para. 12(b); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(e)

Commencement

I1

S. 23 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)

I2

S. 23 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2