Decision details
Legislative Consent Motion on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly, Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
The UK Government’s Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (‘the Bill’) is currently being considered by the UK Parliament.
Sections of this Bill seek to legislate in areas of competence devolved to the National Assembly for Wales. Convention requires that the National Assembly for Wales (‘the Assembly’) considers consenting to this. The Assembly does this through considering legislative consent motions tabled by the Welsh Government.
Further information on legislative consent motions is provided in the Research Service’s quick guide The Constitution Series: 6 Legislative Consent Motions.
The first legislative consent motion is drafted as follows:
“To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order
29.6, agrees that provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, as
introduced into the House of commons on 23 May 2012 relating to amendments of
the Water Industry Act 1991, in so far as they fall within the legislative
competence of the National Assembly for Wales, should be considered by the UK
Parliament.”
Additional
information
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The first legislative consent memorandum in
relation to the Bill, laid on 12 June
2012, is available at: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-business-fourth-assembly-laid-docs.htm?act=dis&id=235055&ds=6/2012
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The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
is available on the UK Parliament’s website at: http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/enterpriseandregulatoryreform.html
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The Water Industry Act 1991 is available on
the legislation.gov.uk website: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/contents
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The Research Service’s Quick Guide The Constitution Series: 6 Legislative
Consent Motions is available at: http://www.assemblywales.org/qg07-0006.pdf
July 2012
Decision:
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NDM5012
John Griffiths (Newport East)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, as introduced into the House of commons on 23 May 2012 relating to amendments of the Water Industry Act 1991, in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 25/09/2012
Date of decision: 25/09/2012
Decided at meeting: 25/09/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly