The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Social Welfare and Other Fields) Order 2008

Exceptions to matters in Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Act

5.  In Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2006 Act, after field 20 insert—

“EXCEPTIONS TO MATTERS

The exceptions specified in the first column of each table below are not included within the matters specified in the corresponding entry in the second column.

TABLE – Highways and transport

Column 1 Exceptions	Column 2 Matters to which the exceptions relate
1.  Regulation of the use of motor vehicles on roads, their construction and equipment and conditions under which they may be so used.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
2.  Road traffic offences.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
3.  Driver licensing.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
4.  Driving instruction.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
5.  Insurance of motor vehicles.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
6.  Drivers’ hours.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
7.  Traffic regulation on special roads, pedestrian crossings, traffic signs and speed limits.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
8.  Public service vehicle operator licensing.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
9.  Provision and regulation of railway services, apart from financial assistance which— (a)  does not relate to the carriage of goods, (b)  is not made in connection with a railway administration order, and (c)  is not made in connection with Council Regulation (EEC) 1191/69 as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1893/91 on public service obligations in transport.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
10.  Transport security.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
11.  Shipping, apart from financial assistance for shipping services to, from or within Wales.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
12. Navigational rights and freedoms, apart from regulation of works which may obstruct or endanger navigation.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
13.  Technical and safety standards of vessels.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
14.  Harbours, docks, piers and boatslips apart from those used or required wholly or mainly for communication between places in Wales.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18
15.  Registration of local bus services, and the application and enforcement of traffic regulation conditions in relation to those services.	Matters 5.10, 5.17, 5.18

TABLE – Social welfare

Column 1 Exceptions	Column 2 Matters to which the exceptions relate
1.  Child support.	Matters 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.8
2.  Child trust funds, apart from subscriptions to such funds by— (a)  the council of a county or county borough council in Wales, or (b)  the Welsh Ministers.	Matters 15.2, 15.4, 15.5
3.  Tax credits.	Matters 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5
4.  Child benefit and guardian’s allowance.	Matter 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.5
5.  Social security.	Matters 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
6.  Independent living funds.	Matters 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
7.  Motability.	Matters 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
8. Vaccine Damage Payments	Matters 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
9.  Intercountry adoption, apart from adoption agencies and their functions, and functions of the “Central Authority” under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption.	Matters 15.2, 15.3
10.  The Children’s Commissioner established under the Children Act 2004.	Matters 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.8
11.  Family law and proceedings apart from— (a)  welfare advice to courts, representation and provision of information, advice and other support to children ordinarily resident in Wales and their families, and (b)  Welsh family proceedings officers.	Matters 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5
12.  Welfare foods	Matters 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.8”.