Part 1Constitutional arrangements
Taxation and borrowing
17Welsh rates of income tax: removal of referendum requirement
1
The Wales Act 2014 is amended as follows.
2
Omit—
a
section 12 and Schedule 1 (referendum about commencement of income tax provisions),
b
section 13 (proposal for referendum by Assembly), and
c
the italic heading before section 12.
3
In section 14 (commencement of income tax provisions etc if majority in favour)—
a
omit subsection (1);
b
in the heading omit ““etc if majority in favour””.
4
In section 23 (reports on the implementation and operation of Part 2) omit subsection (8).
5
In section 29 (commencement)—
a
in subsection (2)(b), for ““referendum-related”” substitute “
income tax
”
;
b
in subsection (4)—
i
for “ ““referendum-related”” substitute “ ““income tax””;
ii
omit ““(commencement if majority in favour at referendum)””.