The Senedd Cymru (Letters Patent and Proclamations) Order 2021

Made: 10th February 2021

Laid before Senedd Cymru: 11th February 2021

Coming into force: 4th March 2021

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 10th day of February 2021Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 116(3) of the Government of Wales Act 2006[^f00001], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Title, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) The title of this Order is the Senedd Cymru (Letters Patent and Proclamations) Order 2021 and it comes into force on 4th March 2021.

• (2) In this Order—

• (a) “the 2006 Act” means the Government of Wales Act 2006;

• (b) “Letters Patent” means Letters Patent signed with Her Majesty’s own hand signifying Her Assent to a Bill passed by Senedd Cymru;

• (c) “proclamations” means royal proclamations under sections 4(2) and 5(4) of the 2006 Act.

Form of Letters Patent and proclamations

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The form of words to be used—

• (a) in Letters Patent is that set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order,

• (b) in proclamations under section 4(2) of the 2006 Act is that set out in Part 2 of that Schedule, and

• (c) in proclamations under section 5(4) of the 2006 Act is that set out in Part 3 of that Schedule,

subject only to such variations as are necessitated by the circumstances.

Preparation of Letters Patent and proclamations

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Letters Patent and proclamations may be printed or written or partly printed and partly written, and may be prepared on paper or parchment.

Publication of Letters Patent and proclamations

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• (1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after Letters Patent under the Welsh Seal are notified to the Clerk of the Senedd, the Keeper of the Welsh Seal must arrange for the Letters Patent to be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

• (2) Proclamations must be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

Revocation of the National Assembly for Wales (Letters Patent) Order 2011

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The National Assembly for Wales (Letters Patent) Order 2011[^f00002] is revoked.

SCHEDULE — Form of documents

PART 1 — Letters Patent

PART 2 — Proclamations under section 4(2) of the 2006 Act

PART 3 — Proclamations under section 5(4) of the 2006 Act

Signed

Richard Tilbrook — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 107(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) (“the 2006 Act”) provides that a Bill passed by Senedd Cymru becomes an Act on receipt of Royal Assent.

Section 115(4) of the 2006 Act provides that such a Bill receives Royal Assent when Letters Patent under the Welsh Seal signed with Her Majesty’s own hand signifying Her Assent are notified to the Clerk of the Senedd.

Sections 4(2) and 5(4) of the 2006 Act also confer power on Her Majesty to make a proclamation under the Welsh Seal in circumstances where the Presiding Officer has exercised the power in section 4(1) or 5(1) of the 2006 Act.

This Order prescribes the form of words to be used in Letters Patent signifying Royal Assent to Bills passed by Senedd Cymru and in royal proclamations made under sections 4(2) and 5(4) of the 2006 Act. It also makes provision as to the preparation and publication of those documents.

This Order revokes the previous Order made in 2011.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 32. Section 116 as amended by Schedule 6 to the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) now includes power to make provision as to the form, manner of preparation, and publication of all royal proclamations under sections 4(2) and 5(4) of the Government of Wales Act 2006. Section 116 was also amended by Schedule 1 to the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1) to give effect to the name change of the National Assembly for Wales to Senedd Cymru.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2011/752.