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Government of Wales Act 1998
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Contents: 191 provisions
- Title and introductory text
- 1 The Assembly.
- 2 Membership.
- 3 Time of ordinary elections.
- 4 Voting at ordinary elections.
- 5 Party lists and individual candidates.
- 6 Calculation of electoral region figures.
- 7 Return of electoral region members.
- 8 Constituency seats.
- 9 Electoral region seats.
- 10 Entitlement to vote.
- 11 Power to make provision about elections etc.
- 12 Disqualification from being Assembly member.
- 13 Exceptions and relief from disqualification.
- 14 Effect of disqualification.
- 15 Judicial proceedings as to disqualification.
- 16 Salaries and allowances.
- 17 Limit on salaries of members of other public bodies.
- 18 Pensions etc.
- 19 Publication of information about remuneration paid.
- 20 Oath or affirmation of allegiance.
- 21 Introductory.
- 22 Transfer of Ministerial functions.
- 23 General transfer of property, rights and liabilities etc.
- 24 General transfer: supplementary.
- 25 Power to make specific transfers etc.
- 26 Transfers of property: supplementary.
- 27 Reform of Welsh health authorities.
- 28 Reform of other Welsh public bodies.
- 29 Implementation of Community law.
- 30 Consultation about public appointments.
- 31 Consultation about government’s legislative programme.
- 32 Support of culture etc.
- 33 Consideration of matters affecting Wales.
- 34 Staff.
- 34A Assistance to groups of Assembly members.
- 35 Inquiries.
- 36 Polls for ascertaining views of the public.
- 37 Private bills.
- 38 Legal proceedings.
- 39 Contracts.
- 40 Supplementary powers.
- 41 Agency arrangements and provision of services.
- 41A Co-operation with the Auditor General for Wales
- 42 Different exercise of functions by Assembly.
- 43 Construction of references to Ministers and departments.
- 44 Parliamentary procedures for subordinate legislation.
- 45 Laying of reports and statements.
- 46 Regulation of procedure.
- 47 Equal treatment of English and Welsh languages.
- 48 Equal opportunities in conduct of business.
- 49 First meeting.
- 50 First standing orders.
- 51 The Commissioners.
- 52 Presiding officer and deputy.
- 53 Assembly First Secretary and Assembly Secretaries.
- 54 Committees.
- 55 Sub-committees.
- 56 Executive committee.
- 57 Subject committees.
- 58 Subordinate legislation scrutiny committee.
- 59 Members of scrutiny committee etc.
- 60 Audit Committee.
- 61 Regional committees.
- 62 Delegation of functions.
- 63 Exercise of functions by Assembly staff.
- 64 Standing orders to provide procedures.
- 65 Regulatory appraisals.
- 66 Making of Assembly general subordinate legislation.
- 67 Disapplication of procedural requirements.
- 68 Financial initiative.
- 69 Preservation of order.
- 70 Openness.
- 71 Participation of Assembly members.
- 72 Integrity.
- 73 Publication.
- 74 Power to require attendance and production of documents.
- 75 Witnesses and documents: supplementary.
- 76 Attendance of Secretary of State for Wales.
- 77 Defamation.
- 78 Contempt of court.
- 79 Corrupt practices.
- 80 Grants to Assembly.
- 81 Statement of estimated payments etc.
- 82 Loans to Assembly by Secretary of State.
- 83 Accounts relating to loans under section 82.
- 84 Destination of receipts etc.
- 85 Expenditure by Assembly.
- 86 Statement of proposed expenditure etc.
- 87 National Loans Fund lending.
- 88 Accounts relating to funds paid to Assembly for lending.
- 89 Source of sums paid by Assembly.
- 90 Auditor General for Wales.
- 91 Remuneration.
- 92 Staff etc.
- 93 Expenses and accounts.
- 93A Fees
- 94 Audit of Auditor General’s accounts.
- 94A Accounting officer
- 95 Access to documents by Auditor General
- 96 Auditor General for Wales: miscellaneous.
- 96A Reports in public interest
- 96B Certification of claims, returns etc.
- 96C Ancillary powers of Auditor General
- 97 Preparation and audit of Assembly’s annual accounts.
- 98 Accounting officers.
- 99 Accounts of Assembly subsidiaries etc.
- 100 Examinations into Assembly’s use of resources.
- 101 Examinations by Comptroller and Auditor General.
- 101A Whole of Government of Wales accounts.
- 102 Audit Committee reports.
- 103 Publication of accounts and audit reports etc.
- 104 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
- 105 Forestry Commissioners.
- 106 Community law.
- 107 Human rights.
- 108 International obligations.
- 109 Resolution of devolution issues.
- 110 Power to vary retrospective decisions.
- 111 Welsh Administration Ombudsman.
- 112 Amendments of Health Service Commissioners Act 1993.
- 113 Relations with local government.
- 114 Relations with voluntary organisations.
- 115 Consultation with business.
- 116 Status of Welsh public records.
- 117 Transfer of responsibility.
- 118 Meaning of “Welsh public records”.
- 119 Publication and inspection of documents.
- 120 Equality of opportunity.
- 121 Sustainable development.
- 122 English and Welsh texts of Assembly instruments.
- 123 Provision of information to Treasury.
- 124 Documentary evidence.
- 125 Minor and consequential amendments.
- 126 Extension of functions.
- 127 Land acquisition and disposal etc.
- 128 Other amendments.
- 129 Cessation of functions.
- 130 Transfer of property, staff etc. to Welsh Development Agency.
- 131 Transitional provisions.
- 132 Winding-down.
- 133 Abolition etc.
- 134 Cessation of functions.
- 135 Consequential amendments.
- 136 Transfer of property, staff etc. to Welsh Development Agency.
- 137 Transitional provisions.
- 138 Winding-down.
- 139 Abolition etc.
- 140 Transfer of functions, property, staff etc. to Secretary of State.
- 141 Transitional provisions.
- 142 Winding-down.
- 143 Abolition etc.
- 144 Accounts, audit and reports.
- 145 Examinations into use of resources.
- 145A Studies for improving economy etc in services
- 145B Studies at request of educational bodies
- 145C Studies relating to registered social landlords
- 145D Advice and assistance for registered social landlords
- 146 Transfer etc. of functions of Comptroller and Auditor General.
- 146A Transfer etc of functions of Welsh Ministers
- 147 Environment Agency.
- 148 Health Authorities.
- 149 Agricultural wages committees.
- 150 Abolition of Residuary Body for Wales.
- 151 Power to amend enactments.
- 152 Repeals.
- 153 Transitional provisions etc.
- 154 Orders and directions.
- 155 Interpretation.
- 156 Defined expressions.
- 157 Financial provisions.
- 158 Commencement.
- 159 Short title.
- SCHEDULE 1
- SCHEDULE 2
- SCHEDULE 3
- SCHEDULE 4 Public bodies subject to reform by Assembly
- SCHEDULE 5
- SCHEDULE 6 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru
- SCHEDULE 7 Forestry Commissioners
- SCHEDULE 8
- SCHEDULE 9
- SCHEDULE 10 Amendments of Health Service Commissioners Act 1993
- SCHEDULE 11
- SCHEDULE 12 Minor and consequential amendments
- SCHEDULE 13 Welsh Development Agency: land provisions
- SCHEDULE 14 Welsh Development Agency: other amendments
- SCHEDULE 15 Development Board for Rural Wales
- SCHEDULE 16 Housing for Wales
- SCHEDULE 17 Audit etc. of Welsh public bodies
- SCHEDULE 18 Repeals
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191 provisions
79 Corrupt practices.
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Propose a change80 Grants to Assembly.
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Propose a change81 Statement of estimated payments etc.
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Propose a change82 Loans to Assembly by Secretary of State.
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Propose a change83 Accounts relating to loans under section 82.
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Propose a change84 Destination of receipts etc.
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Propose a change85 Expenditure by Assembly.
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Propose a change86 Statement of proposed expenditure etc.
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Propose a change87 National Loans Fund lending.
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Propose a change88 Accounts relating to funds paid to Assembly for lending.
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Propose a change89 Source of sums paid by Assembly.
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Propose a change90 Auditor General for Wales.
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Propose a change91 Remuneration.
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Propose a change92 Staff etc.
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Propose a change93 Expenses and accounts.
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Propose a change93A Fees
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Propose a change94 Audit of Auditor General’s accounts.
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Propose a change94A Accounting officer
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Propose a change95 Access to documents by Auditor General
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Propose a change96 Auditor General for Wales: miscellaneous.
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Propose a change96A Reports in public interest
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Propose a change96B Certification of claims, returns etc.
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Propose a change96C Ancillary powers of Auditor General
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Propose a change97 Preparation and audit of Assembly’s annual accounts.
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Propose a change98 Accounting officers.
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Propose a change99 Accounts of Assembly subsidiaries etc.
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Propose a change100 Examinations into Assembly’s use of resources.
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Propose a change101 Examinations by Comptroller and Auditor General.
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Propose a change101A Whole of Government of Wales accounts.
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Propose a change102 Audit Committee reports.
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Propose a change103 Publication of accounts and audit reports etc.
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Propose a change104 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru.
(1) The provision of funding for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales or Prif Arolygydd Ei Mawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru (“the Chief Inspector”) shall be the responsibility of the Welsh Ministers . (1A) But the Welsh Ministers are not responsible for providing funding to the Chief Inspector for the discharge of the Chief Inspector’s functions under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 so far as they relate to education or training that is funded or otherwise secured by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research. (2) What subsection (1) requires of the Welsh Ministers is that they shall provide such funding for the Chief Inspector as they consider appropriate. (3) In deciding what funding they consider appropriate to provide for the Chief Inspector, the Welsh Ministers shall have regard in particular to what they consider the Chief Inspector needs to spend in order to discharge his functions effectively. (4) The Welsh Ministers shall before the beginning of each financial year consult the Chief Inspector about the funding they are to provide for him in that financial year . . . (4A) The Welsh Ministers shall— (a) approve such part (or parts) of the plan prepared by the Chief Inspector under section 67 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 as relate to functions in respect of which they are required to provide funding under this section, and (b) determine the amount of the funding they are to provide under this section in accordance with the plan as approved by them . (4B) But before they give their approval under subsection (4A)(a), the Welsh Ministers may require the Chief Inspector to modify the plan. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Schedule 6 (which makes further provision about the Chief Inspector) has effect.
Propose a change105 Forestry Commissioners.
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Propose a change106 Community law.
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Propose a change109 Resolution of devolution issues.
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