The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4) (Welsh: Deddf Deddfwriaeth (Cymru) 2019) is an Act of the National Assembly for Wales that was given royal assent on 29 April 2015; it came into force in April 2016.[1] It set out four accessibility goals: a) readily available to members of the public in Welsh and English; b) published in an up-to-date form in both languages (showing whether enactments are in force and incorporating any amendments made to them); c) clearly and logically organised (both within and between enactments); d) easy to understand and certain in its effect.[2]
Some provisions within the Act immediately commenced after the legislation received royal assent. Part 2 of the law Act commenced after the passage of The Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 on 1 January 2020.[3]
The Act places duties upon the following bodies operating within Wales:
The Act has five main parts and is supported by four schedules:[4]
This part of the Act establishes duties for Welsh ministers to improve accessibility of Welsh law.
This part of the Act sets out different rules to interpret specific words and phrases in legislation.
This part of the Act sets out provisions to interpret times in legislation, making subordinate legislation by statutory instrument and combining legislation made under different procedure: the UK parliament and the EU Parliament.
This part of the Act sets out procedures for commencement of different provisions of the legislation.
Definitions of wrds and expressions
Consequential amendments and repeals