Government of Wales Act 1998
Orders and directions.
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 154
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
More details
- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 Any power of a Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers under this Act to make an order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument. 2 No order to which this subsection applies shall be made unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament. 3 Subsection (2) applies— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b to an order under section . . . ... ... 143(3), . . . 146(1), ... or 151 ... which contains provisions in the form of amendments or repeals of enactments contained in an Act. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A statutory instrument containing an order to which this subsection applies shall (unless a draft of the statutory instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament) be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. 6 Subsection (5) applies— a to an order under section . . . ... ... 140(5), 143(3), . . . 146(1), ..., 151 or 153, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 ... . . . , . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction includes power to vary or revoke the direction.
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Government of Wales Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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