The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Budget Motions and Designated Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2024

Made: 15 January 2024

Laid before Senedd Cymru: 17 January 2024

Coming into force: 16 February 2024

In accordance with section 126A(4) and (6) of that Act the Welsh Ministers have consulted, where they think it appropriate, the Treasury, and the Treasury has consented to the making of this Order.

Title and commencement

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• (1) The title of this Order is the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Budget Motions and Designated Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2024.

• (2) This Order comes into force on 16 February 2024.

Amendments to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Budget Motions and Designated Bodies) Order 2018

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• (1) The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Budget Motions and Designated Bodies) Order 2018[^f00002] (“the 2018 Order”) is amended as follows.

• (2) For the Schedule (Designated Bodies) to the 2018 Order, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — Schedule to be substituted for the Schedule to the 2018 Order

Signed

Rebecca Evans — Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers — 15 January 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Government of Wales Act 2006 (Budget Motions and Designated Bodies) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1173 (W. 237)) (“the 2018 Order”) which designates specified bodies for the purpose of including within a Budget motion the resources expected to be used by those bodies.

A new Schedule is substituted for the Schedule to the 2018 Order. The effect of this amendment is that 4 additional bodies are designated, the names of some bodies are changed, and the company numbers for 10 previously designated bodies which were omitted are now included.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 32; section 126A was inserted by section 44(1) and (2) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25). Subsections (9) and (10) of section 126A were amended by the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), section 9 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 2(6)(a) and (b) respectively.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2018/1173 (W. 237), amended by S.I. 2019/1483 (W. 267), S.I. 2021/1345 (W. 347), S.I. 2022/58 (W. 22) and S.I. 2023/14 (W. 3).

[^f00003]: Established by section 72(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14).

[^f00004]: Established by section 1(1) of the Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 30).

[^f00005]: Established by section 8(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30) as the General Teaching Council for Wales and renamed Education Workforce Council by section 2(1) of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5).

[^f00006]: Established by section 17(1) of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)1.

[^f00007]: Established by section 5(1) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38) as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales and renamed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales by section 73(1) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21). Under sections 10 and 23 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), the reference to this statutory body is construed as “His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales”.

[^f00008]: 2006 c. 42.

[^f00009]: Established by S.I. 2009/2058 (W. 177), article 2. Under section 18(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42), the Welsh Ministers may by order establish bodies, called National Health Service trusts (“NHS trusts”), to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service.

[^f00010]: Established by article 2 of S.I. 1993/2838, made in exercise of powers conferred by section 5(1) of and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19). Article 2 was substituted by article 3 of S.I. 2018/887 (W. 176). Under section 18(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42), the Welsh Ministers may by order establish bodies, called National Health Service trusts (“NHS trusts”), to provide goods and services for the purposes of the health service.

[^f00011]: Established by article 2 of S.I. 1998/678, made in exercise of powers conferred by section 5(1) of and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

[^f00012]: Established by section 2(1) of Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (anaw 5).

[^f00013]: Established by Royal Warrant on 12 July 2000.

[^f00014]: Established by article 2 of S.I. 2020/1451 (W. 313). Under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) (“the 2006 Act”), the Welsh Ministers may, by order, establish special bodies (referred to in the 2006 Act as “Special Health Authorities”) for the purpose of exercising any functions which may be conferred on them by or under that Act.

[^f00015]: Established by S.I. 2017/913 (W. 224), article 2. Under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42) (“the 2006 Act”), the Welsh Ministers may, by order, establish special bodies (referred to in the 2006 Act as “Special Health Authorities”) for the purpose of exercising any functions which may be conferred on them by or under that Act.

[^f00016]: Established by section 12(1) of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (asc 1).

[^f00017]: Established by section 2(1) of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1).

[^f00018]: Established by section 2 of the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 6).