Part 1 U.K. General order-making powers

Powers of Welsh Ministers: supplementary U.K.

16 Purpose and conditions for orders made by Welsh Ministers U.K.

(1) The Welsh Ministers may make an order under section 13 or 14 only if they consider that the order serves the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions having regard to—

(a) efficiency,

(b) effectiveness,

(c) economy, and

(d) securing appropriate accountability to the Welsh Ministers.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may make an order under either of those sections only if they consider that—

(a) the order does not remove any necessary protection, and

(b) the order does not prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise.