EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 58 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) and comes into force on 1st April 2009.

This Order provides for certain functions under the Prison Act 1952 (c.52) (“the 1952 Act”) to be transferred to the Welsh Ministers.

Article 3 excludes the transfer to the Welsh Ministers of documentary or electronic records connected with functions included in this Order, which would otherwise take place by operation of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.