78.—(1) Section 4 (amendment of Schedule 1) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(b), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government”.
(3) In subsection (3)(a) and (b), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government”.
(4) In subsection (7)(a)(ii), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”(1).
Section 4(7) was amended was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3500), article 8 and paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 2; and by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), article 9 and paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 2. The duty imposed by section 4(7) was transferred from the Secretary of State to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 2001, article 3 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1; and was transferred from the Lord Chancellor to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003, article 4 and Schedule 1.