Select Committee on Regulatory Reform First Report


4  Drafting issues

45. We welcome the Department's commitment to add a footnote clarifying paragraph 3 of the preamble to reflect the fact that consent was given by the National Assembly for Wales with effect as if it were the agreement of the Welsh Ministers. In our view this does not amount to a material change to the provisions of the draft Order for the purposes of s18 of the LRRA 2006.

46. We wrote to the DCLG to highlight a number of instances where the accuracy of the footnotes and the Explanatory Note might be improved and the Department undertook to make the suggested changes.[29]

47. We welcome the Department's commitment to revise the footnotes and Explanatory Note. In our view this does not amount to a material change to the provisions of the draft Order for the purposes of s18 of the LRRA 2006.

48. If the Minister decides to proceed under s18(3), we consider that the statement laid before Parliament referred to in that subsection should include the text of the draft Order incorporating the changes to the footnotes and Explanatory Note so as to convey information about the small changes incurred. If the Minister decides to proceed under s18(7), the revisions to the footnotes and Explanatory Note can be incorporated in a revised draft Order laid before Parliament under that subsection.


29   Appendix A and Appendix D, response to question 5 Back


 
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