{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-37Z1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019/section-37Z1.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2019/4",
  "legislation_title": "Legislation (Wales) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legislation-wales-act-2019",
  "path": "section/37Z1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37Z1",
  "heading": "References to Welsh statutory instruments",
  "text": "A Welsh statutory instrument may be referred to—\n(a) by its title in Welsh or English (whether or not the provision conferring the title is in force), or\n(b) by the prefix “W.S.I.” and its year and number (for example “W.S.I. 2026/1”), where—\n(i) the year is the calendar year of the series of Welsh statutory instruments to which the instrument was allocated in accordance with section 37P(1)(a);\n(ii) the number is the number assigned to the instrument in accordance with section 37P(1)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/4/section/37Z1",
    "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."
}