24.—(1) Section 74 (annual and other reports of the Office of Rail and Road)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) after “the Secretary of State”, insert “and the Welsh Ministers”.
(3) After subsection (3) insert—
“(3ZA) The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of every report made to them under subsection (1) before the National Assembly for Wales and must arrange for copies to be published in such manner as they consider appropriate.”
Section 74 was amended by the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), Schedule 31, Part 4; the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 and 14 and Schedule 8; the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), Schedule 6, paragraph 79; the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1750), Schedule 5, paragraph 13(2); and the Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), Schedule 1, paragraph 1(vv).