(1)Before making an order under section 97, the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a)such relevant authorities as appear to them to be likely to be affected by their proposals, and
(b)such other persons as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be so affected.
(2)If, following consultation under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers propose to make an order under section 97, they must lay before the National Assembly for Wales a document which—
(a)explains their proposals,
(b)sets them out in the form of a draft order, and
(c)gives details of the consultation under subsection (1).
(3)Where a document relating to proposals is laid before the National Assembly for Wales under subsection (2), no draft of an order under section 97 to give effect to the proposals (with or without modification) may be laid before the Assembly until after the expiry of the period of sixty days beginning with the day on which the document was laid.
(4)In calculating the period mentioned in subsection (3) no account is to be taken of any time during which the National Assembly for Wales is dissolved or is in recess for more than four days.
(5)In preparing a draft order under section 97 the Welsh Ministers must consider any representations made during the period mentioned in subsection (3).
(6)A draft order laid before the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with section 97(10A) must be accompanied by a statement of the Welsh Ministers giving details of—
(a)any representations considered in accordance with subsection (5), and
(b)any changes made to the proposals contained in the document laid before the Assembly under subsection (2).
(7)Nothing in this section applies to an order under section 97 which is made only for the purpose mentioned in section 97(10B).
(8)In this section, “relevant authority” has the meaning given in section 97.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 98A inserted (24.5.2018) by The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644), arts. 1(1), 40(4)