Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Wales Bill Contents
Contents
Devolution in Wales: the background to the draft Wales Bill
Reserved and conferred powers models
Identification of reservations by Whitehall
Getting the Whitehall machine thinking about Wales
The proposed Reserved Powers Model
Principles for identifying reservations
3 Reservation of civil and criminal law and the necessity tests
Separate or distinct legal jurisdiction
The ‘necessity tests’ as applied to modification of criminal law and private law
Alignment of executive and legislative devolution
Delays in obtaining Ministerial consent
5 The approach of the Wales Office to the “pre-legislative process”
Additional provisions to be added to the Bill
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