2006 No. 3334
The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2006
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of December 2006
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
The draft of this Order having been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales:
Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by sections 22 and 24(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Government of Wales Act 1998 1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, as follows—
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2006.
2
This Order shall come into force on the day after it is made.
Variation of the 1999 transfer order2
The Schedule has effect.
Transfer of Functions3
The functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer under section 3 of the 1920 Act are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Assembly.
Minister of the Crown function exercisable after Assembly consultation4
It is directed that no recommendation by a Minister of the Crown shall be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order in Council under section 1 of the 1920 Act directing that a census be taken for Wales, or any part of Wales, (whether or not it is also recommended that a census be taken for any other part of Great Britain) unless the Assembly has been consulted about the making of that recommendation.
Transfer of property5
The provisions of section 23(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 do not apply to any documentary or electronic records to which a Minister of the Crown is entitled, at the coming into force of this Order, in connection with any function exercisable by the Minister which is transferred by this Order.
SCHEDULEVARIATION OF THE 1999 TRANSFER ORDER
In Schedule 1 to the 1999 transfer order—
a
in the entry relating to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43), in sub-paragraph (b), after “,156” insert “(other than as it applies to Part 2 of the Act)” , and
b
in the second paragraph of the entry for the Water Industry Act 1991 (c.56)4—
i
after “39,”, insert “47(2)(g),”,
ii
after “51A,”, insert “53(2)(c), 55(4),”, and
iii
after “65,”, insert “66A (6),”.
(This note is not part of the Order)