(1)The Welsh Ministers must prepare a report each year on—
(a)the Law Commission proposals relating to Welsh devolved matters that have been implemented since the preparation of the previous report under this section;
(b)the Law Commission proposals relating to Welsh devolved matters that have not been implemented as at the preparation of the report.
(2)The report required under subsection (1)(b) must include—
(a)plans for dealing with any of the proposals described in that paragraph;
(b)any decision not to implement any of those proposals taken since the preparation of the previous report under this section;
(c)the reasons for any such decision.
(3)The Welsh Ministers must lay the report before the National Assembly for Wales.
(4)The Welsh Ministers must prepare a report under this section—
(a)before the first anniversary of the day on which this section comes into force, and
(b)thereafter, before each subsequent anniversary of that day.
(5)In the case of the first report, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the period since the preparation of the previous report are to be read as references to the period since the coming into force of this section.
(6)If a decision not to implement a Law Commission proposal is dealt with in a report under this section, subsection (1)(b) does not require a later report to deal with the proposal so far as it is covered by that decision.
(7)If a decision not to implement a Law Commission proposal has been taken before the coming into force of this section, subsection (1)(b) does not require any report to deal with the proposal so far as it is covered by that decision.
(8)In this section—
(a)“Law Commission proposal” means any proposal or recommendation for the reform of the law that has been published in a report by the Law Commission, and
(b)references to the implementation of a Law Commission proposal are to its implementation in whole or in part.
(9)Whether a Law Commission proposal relates to Welsh devolved matters is to be determined in accordance with section 3D(8).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 3C, 3D inserted (17.2.2015) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 25(4), 29(2)(c)