Legislation – Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

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Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

PART 1PROCEDURE FOR MAKING WELSH SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

1New Part 2A of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

2Road traffic orders not required to be made by Welsh statutory instrument

PART 2PUBLICATION ETC. OF WELSH LEGISLATION

3New Part 2B of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

PART 3REPEALS OF WELSH LEGISLATION

4Repeals and connected amendments

PART 4GENERAL

5Post-legislative scrutiny

6Activities to improve accessibility of Welsh law

7Minor amendments to the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019

8Consequential amendments

9Coming into force

10Short title

SCHEDULE 1REPEALS AND CONNECTED AMENDMENTS

PART 1RURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS

1Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)

2Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

3Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

PART 2ENTERPRISE ZONE AREAS

4Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)

5Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

6Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 6)

PART 3HOUSING ACTION TRUSTS

7Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

8Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 (c. 10)

9Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

10Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

11Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

12Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

13Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)

14Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)

15Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20)

16Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)

17Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1)

PART 4LOCAL PLANS, STRUCTURE PLANS AND UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS

18Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

19Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

20Planning Act 2008 (c. 29)

21Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2847)

PART 5ENERGY POLICIES IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS

22Planning and Energy Act 2008 (c. 21)

23Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)

24Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)

PART 6OFFENCE OF REMOVAL OF SOIL WITHOUT CONSENT

25Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953 (c. 10)

PART 7DOMESTIC FIRE SAFETY (WALES) MEASURE 2011

26Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 3)

PART 8REORGANISATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

27Social services committees

28In Schedule 15 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994…

29The Residuary Body established under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

30In section 14(1) of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)…

31In section 33(9) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act…

32In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act…

33In section 252(12) of the Town and Country Planning Act…

34In section 19(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992…

35In section 79(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)…

36In Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52),…

37In the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), omit…

38Transitional provision under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)

39In Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c….

40Decentralisation schemes and joint working under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

41In Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)…

PART 9STATEMENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

42Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

43Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

44Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

PART 10NATIONAL PARK PLANNING BOARDS

45Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

PART 11WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

46Industry Act 1979 (c. 32)

47Industry Act 1980 (c. 33)

48Welsh Development Agency Act 1997 (c. 37)

49Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

PART 12DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR RURAL WALES

50Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75)

51Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

PART 13LAND AUTHORITY FOR WALES

52Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

PART 14AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 9 TO THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

53Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

PART 15UNRECORDED PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY

54Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)

55In paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 (definitive maps and statements…

PART 16MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WALES ACT 1998

56Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

57Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

PART 17TRANSITIONAL PROVISION RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WALES ACT 2006

58Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

59National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43)

60Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1)

PART 18WELSH ELECTIONS (CORONAVIRUS) ACT 2021

61Welsh Elections (Coronavirus) Act 2021 (asc 2)

PART 19LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

62Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5)

SCHEDULE 2MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATION (WALES) ACT 2019

1Introduction

2References to “Welsh subordinate instrument”

3Laying documents before Senedd Cymru

4Exercise of a power or duty that is not in force

5Church Measures: effect of references and amendments

6In section 25(4) (references to enactments are to enactments as…

7In section 37 (meaning of repeal and revocation in Part…

8Continuity of subordinate legislation: no effect on Crown application

9Referring to Welsh subordinate instruments

SCHEDULE 3CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

1Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36)

2Laying of Documents before Parliament (Interpretation) Act 1948 (c. 59)

3Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47)

4Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)

5Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)

6In section 115— (a) omit subsections (5A) to (5E);

7In Schedule 10, omit paragraphs 1 to 3 and the…

8Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)

9Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4)

10In section 3(2), before “statutory instrument” insert “Welsh statutory instrument…

11In section 22(2)— (a) after “certified copy” insert “of the…

12In section 23(2)— (a) for “Queen’s Printer” substitute “King’s Printer…

13In section 39— (a) in subsection (1), before “statutory instrument”,…

14Omit section 40.

15For section 43 substitute— Regulations made under this Act (1) A power to make regulations under this Act—

16Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1)

17Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28)

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Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025

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An Act of Senedd Cymru to promote the accessibility of Welsh law by making provision about the procedure for making and publishing Welsh legislation, and by repealing certain enactments that are no longer of practical utility or benefit, and connected purposes.

[10 July 2025]

Having been passed by Senedd Cymru and having received the assent of His Majesty, it is enacted as follows: