Territorial Application: Wales
24.Generally, all Parts of the Act apply equally to Wales and England, but where powers are conferred on the ‘appropriate national authority’, those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State in England, and the National Assembly in Wales (see the definition of ‘appropriate national authority’ in section 61(1)).
25.Where provisions of the Act relating to Wales are commenced by order, it falls to the National Assembly for Wales to commence them — see section 56(1).