Explanatory note

These Regulations are the second commencement Regulations made under the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force section 21 of the Act relating to the transfer of Ministerial functions, in particular those provisions which allow for functions to be exercised concurrently or jointly with a Minister of the Crown or with the agreement of, or after consultation with, a Minister of the Crown.

Regulation 2 also brings into force section 49 of the Act relating to water, which makes provision allowing for modification of a previously conferred or transferred water-related function; and those providing for such functions to be exercisable concurrently or jointly with a Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers, or only with the agreement of, or after consultation with, a Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers.

These provisions come into force four months after the day on which these Regulations are made.