Part 16General and miscellaneous
Subordinate legislation
209The Welsh Ministers
1
This section applies where the power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.
2
A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) an order or regulations mentioned in subsection (3) is subject to the affirmative procedure.
3
The orders and regulations referred to in subsection (2) are—
a
regulations under section 2 (socio-economic inequalities);
b
an order under section 151 (power to amend list of public authorities for the purposes of the public sector equality duty);
c
regulations under section 153 or 154(2) (public sector equality duty: powers to impose specific duties);
d
regulations under section 155(5) that amend an Act of Parliament or an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales (public sector equality duty: power to modify or remove specific duties).
4
But a statutory instrument is not subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of subsection (2) merely because it contains an order under section 151 that provides for—
a
the omission of an entry where the authority concerned has ceased to exist, or
b
the variation of an entry where the authority concerned has changed its name.
5
A statutory instrument that is not subject to the affirmative procedure by virtue of subsection (2) is subject to the negative procedure.
6
If a statutory instrument is subject to the affirmative procedure, the order or regulations contained in it must not be made unless a draft of the instrument is laid before and approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
7
If a statutory instrument is subject to the negative procedure, it is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.