Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Prospective

Issuing of codeE+W

2(1)The Welsh Ministers must lay before the National Assembly for Wales—E+W

(a)any code of practice prepared under paragraph 1, and

(b)a draft of any order providing for the code to come into force.

(2)The Welsh Ministers may make the order and issue the code if the draft of the order is approved by a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

(3)The Welsh Ministers must not make the order or issue the code unless the draft of the order is so approved.

(4)The Welsh Ministers may prepare another code of practice under paragraph 1 if the draft of the order is not so approved.

(5)A code comes into force in accordance with an order under this paragraph.

(6)Such an order—

(a)is to be a statutory instrument, and

(b)may contain transitional, transitory or saving provision.