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1(1)The Welsh Ministers may prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the exercise of—E+W
(a)powers of entry, or
[F1(b)associated powers.
The code may only contain provision that would be within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales if contained in an Act of the Assembly.]
(2)Such a code may, in particular, include provision about—
(a)considerations before exercising, or when exercising, any such powers,
(b)considerations after exercising any such powers (such as the retention of records, or the publication of information, about the exercise of any such powers).
(3)Such a code—
(a)need not contain provision about every type of power of entry or associated power,
(b)may make different provision for different purposes.
(4)In the course of preparing such a code in relation to any powers, the Welsh Ministers must consult—
(a)such persons appearing to the Welsh Ministers to be representative of the views of persons entitled to exercise the powers concerned as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate, and
(b)such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 6 para. 93 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(r)
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