(1)A Minister of the Crown shall consult the National Assembly for Wales before—
(a)making regulations under section 2(3), 4(2) or 6(1) which relate wholly or partly to Wales,
(b)issuing guidance under section 3(1), 4(6) or 6(4) which relates wholly or partly to Wales,
(c)giving an order under section 5(1) which relates wholly or partly to Wales,
(d)giving a direction under section 7(2) which makes provision relating wholly or partly to Wales of a kind that could be made by regulations under section 6(1),
(e)giving a direction under section 7(2) which makes provision relating wholly or partly to Wales of a kind that could be made by an order under section 5(1),
(f)bringing proceedings under section 10 in respect of a failure by a person or body where the failure relates wholly or partly to Wales, or
(g)making an order under section 13(1) in respect of a person or body with, or in so far as the person or body has, functions in relation to Wales.
(2)A Minister of the Crown may not without the consent of the National Assembly for Wales take action of a kind specified in subsection (3) that relates wholly or partly to a person or body specified in subsection (4).
(3)The actions referred to in subsection (2) are—
(a)making regulations under section 2(3), 4(2) or 6(1),
(b)making an order under section 5(1),
(c)issuing guidance under section 3(1), 4(6) or 6(4),
(d)giving a direction under section 7,
(e)bringing proceedings under section 10, and
(f)making an order under section 13.
(4)The persons and bodies referred to in subsection (2) are—
(a)a council specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, and
(b)a person or body specified in paragraph 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 21 of that Schedule, if and in so far as the person or body has functions in relation to Wales.