The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Commencement of Assembly Act Provisions, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011

Amendment to section 115 of the Act

5.—(1) Section 115 of the Act (Royal Assent) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) The Keeper of the Welsh Seal (see section 116(2)) must make arrangements to send the Letters Patent to the National Library of Wales.”.

(3) After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) On the copy of the Act of the Assembly on which the Clerk writes the date of Royal Assent the Clerk must write—

(a) the calendar year, and

(b) any prefix and number which has been assigned to that Act of the Assembly.

(5B) The information written on the Act of the Assembly in pursuance of subsection (5A) forms part of the Act.

(5C) The copy of the Act of the Assembly on which the date of Royal Assent and the information in subsection (5A) is written is to be known as the official print of the Act.

(5D) The Clerk must make a copy of the official print and certify it as a true copy.

(5E) The Clerk must send the certified copy to the Queen’s Printer and the official print to the National Library of Wales.

(5F) The National Library of Wales must ensure that the official prints and Letters Patent it receives are preserved and open to public inspection at all reasonable times.”.