Version Superseded: 03/05/2007
Point in time view as at 01/09/2006. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Government of Wales Act 1998, Section 31 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)As soon as is reasonably practicable after the beginning of each session of Parliament, the Secretary of State for Wales shall undertake with the Assembly such consultation about the government’s legislative programme for the session as appears to him to be appropriate but including attending and participating in proceedings of the Assembly relating to the programme on at least one occasion.
(2)For this purpose the government’s legislative programme for a session of Parliament consists of the bills which (at the beginning of the session) are intended to be introduced into either House of Parliament during the session by a Minister of the Crown.
(3)If at any time after the beginning of a session of Parliament—
(a)it is decided that a bill should be introduced into either House of Parliament during the session by a Minister of the Crown, and
(b)no consultation about the bill has been undertaken under subsection (1),
the Secretary of State for Wales shall undertake with the Assembly such consultation about the bill as appears to him to be appropriate.
(4)This section does not require the Secretary of State for Wales to undertake consultation with the Assembly about a bill if he considers that there are considerations relating to the bill which make it inappropriate for him to do so.
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