{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/13",
  "legislation_title": "Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Consultation and consent: Wales",
  "text": "(1) A Minister of the Crown must consult the Welsh Ministers before making an order under this Part in relation to an offence which applies in or in relation to Wales.\n(2) A Minister of the Crown must obtain the consent of the Welsh Ministers before making an order under this Part containing provision which relates to a devolved Welsh matter.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers must consult the Secretary of State before making an order under this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 59(2) substituted (1.10.2016) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), ss. 21(2)(g), 44(5); S.I. 2016/695, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 59(3) applied (4.11.2024) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), ss. 201(2)(5), 212(2) (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:57.307426+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."
}