Version Superseded: 03/05/2007
Point in time view as at 01/12/1998. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Government of Wales Act 1998, Section 58 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 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)The Assembly shall establish a committee with responsibilities relating to the scrutiny of relevant Welsh subordinate legislation.
(2)For the purposes of this section “relevant Welsh subordinate legislation” is any subordinate legislation—
(a)which is made or proposed to be made, or
(b)which, or a draft of which, is (or but for paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 7 would be) required to be confirmed or approved,
by the Assembly (whether or not jointly with a Minister of the Crown or government department).
(3)The committee established under this section shall be known by such title as the standing orders may provide (but is referred to in this Act as the subordinate legislation scrutiny committee).
(4)The subordinate legislation scrutiny committee shall—
(a)consider any proposed Assembly general subordinate legislation when the draft statutory instrument containing it has been laid before the Assembly, and
(b)report to the Assembly whether or not the special attention of the Assembly should be drawn to it on any of the grounds specified in the standing orders for the purposes of this subsection.
(5)The Assembly may give to the subordinate legislation scrutiny committee—
(a)other responsibilities relating to the scrutiny of Assembly general subordinate legislation, or
(b)responsibilities relating to the scrutiny of any other description of relevant Welsh subordinate legislation.
(6)For the purposes of this Act “Assembly general subordinate legislation” is any relevant Welsh subordinate legislation within subsection (2)(a) which is—
(a)required to be made by statutory instrument,
(b)not made or proposed to be made by an instrument in the case of which, or of a draft of which, any relevant Parliamentary procedural provision has effect, and
(c)not local in nature.
(7)The Assembly may not give to the subordinate legislation scrutiny committee responsibilities not relating to the scrutiny of relevant Welsh subordinate legislation.
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