PART 2INTERPRETATION AND OPERATION OF WELSH LEGISLATION
References in Welsh legislation to legislation and other documents
23Edition of Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom referred to
1
This section applies where an Assembly Act or a Welsh subordinate instrument refers to an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (whether by its short title or by year, statute, session or chapter).
2
The reference is a reference to the Act as enacted which is published—
a
by the Queen’s Printer, or
b
under the superintendence or authority of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
3
But—
a
where the reference is to an Act included in a revised edition of the statutes printed by authority, the reference is a reference to that edition;
b
where paragraph (a) does not apply and the reference is to an Act included in the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, the reference is a reference to that edition.