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Section 37 Interpretation of provisions about amendment, repeal and revocation in this PartF3I1I2

(1)

In this Part, references to repealing or revoking an enactment or abolishing a rule of law include—

(a)

substituting anything for the enactment or rule (or for any part of it);

(b)

limiting the application or effect of the enactment or rule;

(c)

providing for the enactment or rule to cease to have effect.

(2)

For the purposes of sections 34 to 36 (but not section 33)—

(a)

the expiry of a temporary F1Act of Senedd Cymru is to be treated as a repeal of the Act by an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument;

(b)

the expiry of a temporary Welsh subordinate instrument is to be treated as a revocation of the instrument by an Act of Senedd Cymru or a Welsh subordinate instrument.

F2(3)

In sections 32 to 35, and in subsection (1) as it applies for the purposes of those sections, “enactment includes an enactment that is, or is contained in, a Measure of the Church Assembly or of the General Synod of the Church of England or an instrument made under such a Measure.

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

S. 37(3) inserted (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(e), Sch. 2 para. 7(b)

F3

Words in s. 37 heading substituted (10.9.2025) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(e), Sch. 2 para. 7(a)

Commencement

I1

S. 37 in force for specified purposes at 11.9.2019, see s. 44(1)(c)

I2

S. 37 in force at 1.1.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2019/1333, art. 2