The Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (Commencement and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/1160 (W.)
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and interpretation

(1) The title of this Order is the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (Commencement and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2025.

(2) In this Order—

“ the 1946 Act ” (“ Deddf 1946 ”) means the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 ;

“ the 2019 Act ” (“ Deddf 2019 ”) means the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 ;

“ the 2025 Act ” (“ Deddf 2025 ”) means the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 1 January 2026

The following provisions of the 2025 Act come into force on 1 January 2026—

(a) section 1 (new Part 2A of the 2019 Act);

(b) section 3 (new Part 2B of the 2019 Act);

(c) section 5 (post-legislative scrutiny);

(d) section 6 (activities to improve accessibility of Welsh law);

(e) section 8 and Schedule 3 (consequential amendments).

Section 3 Procedure for making Welsh subordinate legislation

(1) In this article “ pre-commencement subordinate legislation ” means subordinate legislation—

(a) made before 1 January 2026, or

(b) contained in a draft statutory instrument laid before Senedd Cymru before that date.

(2) Sections 37C to 37H of and Schedules 1A to 1C to the 2019 Act do not apply to pre-commencement subordinate legislation.

(3) Sections 4(1), 5 to 7 and 11A(4) of the 1946 Act continue to have effect in relation to pre-commencement subordinate legislation as they had effect immediately before 1 January 2026, despite paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act.

(4) Section 40 of the 2019 Act continues to have effect in relation to pre-commencement subordinate legislation as it had effect immediately before 1 January 2026, despite paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act.

Section 4 Publication etc. of Welsh legislation

(1) Sections 37N to 37R of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(2) In section 37S(2) of the 2019 Act, the reference to publication in accordance with section 37Q is to be read, in relation to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026, as a reference to publication under section 2(1) of the 1946 Act.

(3) Sections 37U and 37W of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026 or an Act of Senedd Cymru that receives Royal Assent before 1 January 2026.

(4) Sections 37X and 37Y(1) of the 2019 Act do not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(5) Section 37Z of the 2019 Act does not apply to a Welsh subordinate instrument (within the meaning given by section 3(2) of the 2019 Act) made before 1 January 2026.

(6) Section 37Z1 of the 2019 Act does not apply to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026.

(7) Despite paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2025 Act, the following provisions continue to have effect in relation to a Welsh statutory instrument made before 1 January 2026 as they had effect immediately before 1 January 2026—

(a) section 2 of the 1946 Act and regulations 3 and 4 of the Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947 ;

(b) section 3(1) of the 1946 Act and regulations 9 and 10(2) of those Regulations.

Section 5 Activities to improve accessibility of Welsh law

The amendment made by section 6 of the 2025 Act does not apply to the programme prepared under section 2(1) of the 2019 Act for the term of Senedd Cymru in which section 6 comes into force.