Measure of the National Assembly for Wales
A Measure of the National Assembly for Wales (informally, an Assembly Measure) is
It was a lower form of
Following a
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Consideration by the Assembly
Similar to Acts, Assembly Measures face the same style and level of scrutiny. There were around four stages where the proposed legislation was scrutinised.[4] The first stage is the agreement of the principles of the Assembly Measure, which means the first approval of the legislation for it to be scrutinised, then it will have to be scrutinized at committee level, where a committee of Assembly Members can debate and add more to the Measure which is then accompanied with debates in 'plenary', which would be required to approve the amendments.
Once everything above has been completed, the Assembly can then start the final scrutinising before the Assembly Measure gets passed and becomes law. As in other legislative systems, some laws will fail, or be withdrawn.[5]
Royal approval
Assembly Measures, like all other types of legislation, will have to be approved by a
Proposals
Like in any legislature, the National Assembly for Wales members can propose Assembly Measures. The name for an Assembly Measure proposed by a person not in the Welsh Assembly Government will be called a "Members Proposed Assembly Measure"
Enacting formula
Assembly measures begin with the following
- English: "This Measure, passed by the National Assembly for Wales on [Date] and approved by His Majesty in Council on [Date], enacts the following provisions:-"
- Welsh: "Mae'r Mesur hwn, a basiwyd gan Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ar [Dyddiad] ac a gymeradwywyd gan Ei Mawrhydi yn ei Chyngor ar [Dyddiad], yn deddfu'r darpariaethau a ganlyn:-"
Subjects of measures
Part 4 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 gives the Senedd legislative competence in the following 20 "Subjects" outlined on schedule 7 of that act in relation to Measures. (The Senedd does not have competence with respect to all aspects of these subjects.) Since the Assembly gained the competence to pass Acts, these have not been used, but they still apply in relation to previously passed Measures.[7]
- fisheries, forestry and rural development
- Ancient monuments and historic buildings
- Culture
- Economic development
- Education and training
- Environment
- Fire and rescue services and promotion of fire safety
- Food
- Health and health services
- Highways and transport
- Housing
- Local government
- Public administration
- Social welfare
- Sport and recreation
- Tourism
- Town and country planning
- flood defence
- Welsh language
See also
- NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008: an instance of Assembly Measures
- List of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru
- Act of Senedd Cymru
References
- ^ "First Welsh law's royal approval". BBC. 9 July 2008.
- ^ "It's a Yes. So what happens now?". BBC News. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Referendum". Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ National Assembly for Wales | Measures in Progress Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Assembly for Wales | Measures Rejected or Withdrawn Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Government of Wales Act 2006". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-21.