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Government of Wales Act 1998

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As published

154 Orders and directions.

(1) Any power of a Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers under this Act to make an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (2) No order to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (3) Subsection (2) applies— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) to an order under section . . . ... ... 143(3), . . . 146(1), ... or 151 ... which contains provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments contained in an Act. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) A statutory instrument containing an order to which this subsection applies shall (unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament) be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (6) Subsection (5) applies— (a) to an order under section . . . ... ... 140(5), 143(3), . . . 146(1), ..., 151 or 153, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 ... . . . , . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction includes power to vary or revoke the direction.

Your change, as a redline

154 Orders and directions.

(1) Any power of a Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers under this Act to make an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. (2) No order to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. (3) Subsection (2) applies— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) to an order under section . . . ... ... 143(3), . . . 146(1), ... or 151 ... which contains provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments contained in an Act. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) A statutory instrument containing an order to which this subsection applies shall (unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament) be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (6) Subsection (5) applies— (a) to an order under section . . . ... ... 140(5), 143(3), . . . 146(1), ..., 151 or 153, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 ... . . . , . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction includes power to vary or revoke the direction.

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