Section 37J Numbering of Acts of Senedd CymruF1

(1)

Acts of Senedd Cymru are to be numbered in relation to each calendar year—

(a)

consecutively (starting with number 1),

(b)

in the order in which, during that year, the Bill for each Act received Royal Assent, and

(c)

using the prefix “asc”.

(2)

Accordingly, on each copy of an Act of Senedd Cymru on which the Clerk of‍ the Senedd writes the Royal Assent date of that Act (in accordance with section 115(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)), the Clerk must also write—

(a)

the calendar year in which the Bill for that Act received Royal Assent, and

(b)

the prefix and number of that Act.

(3)

The calendar year, prefix and number written on the copy of the Act form part of the Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 2B inserted (1.1.2026) by Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), ss. 3, 9(4); S.I. 2025/1160, art. 2(b) (with art. 4)