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Government Of Wales Act (other)
There have been two Government of Wales acts of the UK Parliament: * The Government of Wales Act 1998, founding Wales's legislature * The Government of Wales Act 2006, extending its powers and creating the Welsh Government See also * Wales Act 1978, repealed 1979 * Northern Ireland Act, several pieces of legislation * Scotland Act (other) The Scotland Acts are a set of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom which relate to the creation and devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament. The term Scotland Act may refer to: * Scotland Act 1978, part of an initial attempt at a ...
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Government Of Wales Act 1998
The Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed in 1998 by the Labour government to create a Welsh Assembly, therefore granting Wales a degree of self-government. This legislative body would later come to be known as the Senedd Cymru, or the Welsh Parliament. Background The Act led to the establishment of the National Assembly in 1999, after the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum approved the creation of a devolved Parliament for Wales. Provisions The Act's provisions include the following: *Transferring most of the powers of the Secretary of State for Wales to the National Assembly for Wales. *Transferring Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, Education and Learning Wales, Historic Buildings Council for Wales, Library Advisory Council for Wales, Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, Wales Tourist Board, Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board, Welsh Development Agency, Welsh Language Board, ...
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Government Of Wales Act 2006
The Government of Wales Act 2006 (c 32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the then-National Assembly for Wales (now the Senedd) and allows further powers to be granted to it more easily. The Act creates a system of government with a separate executive drawn from and accountable to the legislature. Provisions The Act has the following provisions: *creates an executive body—the Welsh Assembly Government (known since May 2011 as the Welsh Government)—that is separate from the legislative body, that is, the National Assembly for Wales. The Welsh Government is therefore altered from being a committee of the National Assembly to being a distinct body *forbids candidates both contesting constituencies and being on a regional list *provides a mechanism for Orders in Council to delegate power from Parliament to the Assembly, which will give the Assembly powers to make "Measures" (Welsh Laws). Schedule 5 of the Act describes the fields in which the asse ...
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Wales Act 1978
The Wales Act 1978 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to introduce a limited measure of self-government in Wales through the creation of a Welsh Assembly. The act never took effect as a result of the "no" vote in 1979 Welsh devolution referendum and was repealed in 1979. Welsh Assembly proposed by the Act Had the Wales Act 1978 entered force, it would have created a Welsh Assembly without primary legislative or tax raising powers. The proposed assembly would have had 72 members elected by the first past the post system with each Westminster constituency returning either two or three assembly members. It would have met at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff. It was planned that assembly would have operated under the committee system where subject committees would be formed with representation of all groups in the assembly. An Executive Committee would have been formed composed of the chairs of the various subject committees and other members selected by the ass ...
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Northern Ireland Act
Northern Ireland Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to Northern Ireland. List *The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 *The Northern Ireland Act 1974 *The Northern Ireland Act 1998 *The Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003 *The Northern Ireland Act 2006 *The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 *The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 *The Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 *The Northern Ireland Act 2009 *The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 *The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (c. 22), colloquially known as the 2019 Northern Ireland Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the extension of the period for forming a Northern Ireland ... See also * List of short titles * Scotland Act (other) * Wales ...
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