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皇冠体育app Government of Wales Acts

皇冠体育app provided for the establishment of the following the affirmative devolution referendum in September 1997. 皇冠体育app Act also provided for the transfer of all the powers of the Secretary of State for Wales to the new Assembly.

皇冠体育app fulfilled HM Government鈥檚 commitment to move the Welsh devolution process forward. It has two key elements, which were implemented in May 2007:

• formal separation between the Assembly and the Welsh government to provide clarity of the respective remit and role of the legislature and the executive, and to improve effective scrutiny
• enhanced legislative powers for the Assembly through a new category of legislation called Assembly Measures so that legislative priorities for Wales are secured more quickly and easily than through provisions in bills passed by Parliament

皇冠体育app Wales settlement

皇冠体育app Government of Wales Act 1998 first established the National Assembly for Wales. 皇冠体育app Assembly acquired the executive functions of the former Welsh Office under that Act and subsequent executive functions via Acts of Parliament and transfer of functions orders. 皇冠体育app Government of Wales Act (GoWA) 2006 led to the creation of a separate legislature (the National Assembly for Wales) and executive (the Welsh Assembly Government) following the May 2007 elections.

On 9 February 2010, Assembly Members voted in favour of a referendum on further law-making powers. 皇冠体育app UK Government implemented legislation enabling the referendum to be held on 3 March 2011. Following the affirmative result, the Assembly assumed its new powers on 5 May 2011, enabling it to make laws in all 20 areas devolved to Wales as set out in Schedule 7 to GoWA.

皇冠体育app devolved fiscal powers to the National Assembly for Wales for the first time, implementing the majority of the recommendations made in the Commission on Devolution in Wales鈥� first report Empowerment and Responsibility: Fiscal Powers to Strengthen Wales. 皇冠体育app 2014 Act included conferring legislative competence on the Assembly to replace stamp duty land tax and landfill tax in Wales, providing new capital borrowing powers for Welsh Ministers, and providing for the devolution of a portion of income tax.

皇冠体育app made further changes to the devolution settlement for Wales, implementing the Government鈥檚 commitments in the Command Paper Powers for a Purpose: Towards a Lasting Devolution Settlement for Wales (known as the St David鈥檚 Day Agreement) that required legislative changes. This included putting in place a reserved powers model of devolution for Wales, and devolving further powers to the Assembly and Welsh Ministers in areas such as elections, transport, energy, and the natural environment.

皇冠体育app Assembly鈥檚 enhanced legislative competence is set out in Part 4 of, and Schedule 7 to, GoWA 2006, collectively known as the 鈥楢ssembly Act provisions鈥�. 皇冠体育appse provisions enable the Assembly to legislate in relation to the subjects listed under the 20 headings in Schedule 7, as qualified by the exceptions and restrictions in that Schedule and in section 108 of GoWA.

皇冠体育app 20 areas in which the Assembly can legislate cover the delivery of local services 鈥� education and training, fire and rescue services, health services, highways and transport, housing, local government, social welfare, planning (except major energy infrastructure) and water supplies 鈥� agriculture, fisheries, forestry, culture, including the Welsh language and ancient monuments, economic development and the environment.

What is devolved

Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006 defines the scope of the Assembly鈥檚 legislative competence to make Assembly Acts. Schedule 7A sets out the areas of policy on which only Parliament can legislate. Any area not listed in Schedule 7A is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.

皇冠体育app devolution guidance note explains the main features of the Welsh devolution settlement for UK Government Departments.

Enhancing Legislative Competence

Orders in Council made under Section 109 of the 2006 Act may modify the legislative competence of the Assembly by amending Schedule 7A. 皇冠体育appse amendments could increase the legislative competence of the Assembly by removing or amending particular reservations in the Schedule; restrict the Assembly鈥檚 competence by inserting further reservations (or carve-outs from exceptions) into the Schedule; or clarify the Assembly鈥檚 competence by modifying the descriptions already in the Schedule. 皇冠体育app Assembly鈥檚 legislative competence may also be modified in parliamentary Acts.

皇冠体育app Welsh legislature and administration

皇冠体育app Assembly was established in 1999 as a body corporate with executive as well as legislative and scrutiny responsibilities. While the majority of the executive functions were delegated to ministers, subject committees - with the relevant minister as a member - also played an important role in policy development. However, this structure could mean that committees were not able to devote sufficient time to questioning ministers and that it could be difficult to switch from a mode of consensual policy development to one of scrutiny.

皇冠体育app Government of Wales Act 2006 replaced the corporate body with a new and a separate executive, the , made up of ministers who are members of, and accountable to, the Assembly. 皇冠体育app Wales Act 2014 amended the statutory name of the executive to the Welsh Government. 皇冠体育app executive powers and functions of the Assembly as created under the Government of Wales Act 1998, including the power to make subordinate legislation, were transferred to Welsh ministers.

Scotland

You can read the detailed guide on the devolution settlement and Devolution Act for Scotland.

Northern Ireland

You can read the detailed guide on the devolution settlement and Devolution Act for Northern Ireland.