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.