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The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2016

S.I. 2016/159 · Made 10 February 2016

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Constitutional Law

Devolution, Wales

Made 10th February 2016

Laid before Parliament 17th February 2016

Coming into force 10th March 2016

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of February 2016

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 2006f1 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 32.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2016.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 10th March 2016.

2Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975

(1)

The National Assembly for Wales Commission, established by section 27 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, is to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 to the extent specified in this article.

(2)

References to the Crown in article 3ZA(b) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975f1 are to be treated as including the National Assembly for Wales Commission.

Signature

Ceri King

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the National Assembly for Wales Commission, established by section 27 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of Article 3ZA(b) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 so that employment by the National Assembly for Wales Commission is treated as Crown employment.