Section 37T Draft Welsh statutory instrumentsF1

(1)

The King’s Printer for Wales must publish, as soon as practicable after receiving it, a certified copy of a draft of a Welsh statutory instrument that the responsible authority asks the King’s Printer for Wales to publish.

(2)

A certified copy of a draft of a Welsh statutory instrument—

(a)

is a copy of that draft that is certified by the responsible authority as being a true copy, and

(b)

may be in electronic form.

(3)

In this section—

(a)

the requirement to publish means publishing online (but see also section 37Y in relation to the sale of printed copies);

(b)

“the responsible authority” means the person who would be the responsible authority if the Welsh statutory instrument were made.

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)