(4) The Welsh Ministers must prepare a report under this section—

(a) 10before the first anniversary of the day on which this section
comes into force, and

(b) thereafter, before each subsequent anniversary of that day.

(5) In the case of the first report, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to
the period since the preparation of the previous report are to be read as
15references to the period since the coming into force of this section.

(6) If a decision not to implement a Law Commission proposal is dealt with
in a report under this section, subsection (1)(b) does not require a later
report to deal with the proposal so far as it is covered by that decision.

(7) If a decision not to implement a Law Commission proposal has been
20taken before the coming into force of this section, subsection (1)(b) does
not require any report to deal with the proposal so far as it is covered
by that decision.

(8) In this section—

(a) “Law Commission proposal” means any proposal or
25recommendation for the reform of the law that has been
published in a report by the Law Commission, and

(b) references to the implementation of a Law Commission
proposal are to its implementation in whole or in part.

(9) Whether a Law Commission proposal relates to Welsh devolved
30matters is to be determined in accordance with section 3D(8).

3D Protocol about the Law Commission’s work: Wales

(1) The Welsh Ministers and the Law Commission may agree for the
purposes of this section a statement (a “protocol”) about the Law
Commission’s work relating to Welsh devolved matters.

(2) 35The protocol may include (among other things) provision about—

(a) the principles and methods to be applied in deciding the work
relating to such matters to be carried out by the Law
Commission and in the carrying out of that work;

(b) the assistance and information that the Welsh Ministers and the
40Law Commission are to give to each other;

(c) the way in which the Welsh Ministers are to deal with Law
Commission proposals so far as they relate to Welsh devolved
matters.

(3) The Welsh Ministers and the Law Commission must from time to time
45review the protocol and may agree to revise it.