Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee
Report: CLA(4)-07-12 : 26 March 2012
The Committee reports to the Assembly as follows:
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Negative Resolution Instruments
CLA111 - The School Teachers’ Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 6 March 2012.
Date laid: 8 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA112 -The Works on Common Land, etc. (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 8 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA113 - The Commons (Deregistration and Exchange Orders) (Interim Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 8 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA114 - The Deregistration and Exchange of Common Land and Greens (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 8 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA115 - The Partnership Council for Wales (Local Health Boards and National Health Service Trusts) Order 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 9 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:3 April 2012
CLA116 - The Welsh Language Board (Transfer of Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 9 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA117 - The Welsh Language Measure (Registrable Interests) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 7 March 2012.
Date laid: 9 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:1 April 2012
CLA118 - The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 10 March 2012.
Date laid: 13 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:30 April 2012
CLA119 - The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 10 March 2012.
Date laid: 13 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:30 April 2012
CLA120 - The Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 10 March 2012.
Date laid: 13 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:30 April 2012
CLA121 - The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 10 March 2012.
Date laid: 13 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:in accordance with regulation 1
CLA122 - The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 10 March 2012.
Date laid: 13 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:30 April 2012
CLA125 - The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2012
Procedure: Negative.
Date made: 13 March 2012.
Date laid: 15 March 2012.
Coming in to force date:6 April 2012
Affirmative Resolution Instruments
None
Instruments that raise reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Negative Resolution Instruments
None
Affirmative Resolution Instruments
None
Orders made under the Public Bodies Bill 2011
CLA CM2 - Consent Memorandum for The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012
The Committee considered CLA CM1 - Consent Memorandum for The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012. The Committee agreed to report to the Assembly that it had identified no reason why consent should be withheld from the Order.
CLA CM3 - Consent Memorandum for The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012
The Committee considered CLA CM3 - Consent Memorandum for The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012. Although, on legal and constitutional grounds, there appeared to be no reason why consent should be withheld from the Order, there were concerns about whether the Consent Memorandum provided sufficient information, particularly about the scope of the Order and its relationship to the extensive legislative competence of the Assembly, to allow the Committee (and other Committees) to consider it properly. The Committee agreed to report that while it did not recommend withholding consent from the Order it had a number of concerns about the adequacy of the information set out in the Consent Memorandum.
Other Business
Committee Inquiries: Inquiry into the establishment of a separate Welsh jurisdiction
The Committee took oral evidence from Devolution Studies Research Group, Bangor University Law School, which was represented by Dr Alison Mawhinney, Lecturer in Law, Ms Sarah Nason, Lecturer in Law, and Mr Huw Pritchard, Doctoral candidate.
Resolution to Meet in Private
In accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi) the Committee resolved to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting to discuss the evidence submitted thus far on the Inquiry into the establishment of a separate Welsh jurisdiction.
David Melding AM
Chair, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee
26 March 2012