The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 No. 1388

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

Freedom of Information Act 2000 U.K.

81.—(1) Section 35 (formulation of government policy, etc) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Assembly Government”.

(3) In subsection (5) —

(a) in the definition of “government policy”, for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Assembly Government”,

(b) in the definition of “the Law Officers”, after “the Solicitor General for Scotland” insert “, the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government”,

(c) in the definition of “Ministerial communications”—

(i) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) between members of the Welsh Assembly Government”,

(ii) for “the executive committee of the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Cabinet or any committee of the Cabinet of the Welsh Assembly Government”,

(d) in the definition of “Ministerial private office”, for “any part of the administration of the National Assembly for Wales providing personal administrative support to the Assembly First Secretary or an Assembly Secretary” substitute “any part of the administration of the Welsh Assembly Government providing personal administrative support to the members of the Welsh Assembly Government”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 81 in force at 25.5.2007, see art. 1(2)