Public Health (Wales) Act 2017
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A Welsh Government Bill, introduced by Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Social Services and Public Health. The Business Committee remitted the Bill to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.
About the Bill
The Bill included provision for:
- Re-state
restrictions on smoking in enclosed and substantially enclosed public and
work places, and give Welsh Ministers a regulation-making power to extend
the restrictions on smoking to additional premises or vehicles;
- Place
restrictions on smoking in school grounds, hospital grounds and public playgrounds;
- Provide
for the creation of a national register of retailers of tobacco and
nicotine products;
- Provide
Welsh Ministers with a regulation-making power to add to the offences
which contribute to a Restricted Premises Order (RPO) in Wales;
- Prohibit
the handing over of tobacco and/or nicotine products to a person under the
age of 18;
- Provide
for the creation of a mandatory licensing scheme for practitioners and
businesses carrying out ’special procedures’, namely acupuncture, body
piercing, electrolysis and tattooing;
- Introduce
a prohibition on the intimate piercing of persons under the age of 16
years;
- Require
Welsh Ministers to make regulations to require public bodies to carry out
health impact assessments in specified circumstances;
- Change
the arrangements for determining applications for entry onto the
pharmaceutical list of health boards (LHBs), to a system based on the
pharmaceutical needs of local communities;
- Require
local authorities to prepare a local strategy to plan how they will meet
the needs of their communities for accessing toilet facilities for public
use; and
- Enable a ‘food authority’ under the Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 to retain fixed penalty receipts resulting from offences under that Act, for the purpose of enforcing the food hygiene rating scheme.
Further detail can be found in its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.
Current Stage
The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (external website) became law in Wales (external website) on 3 July 2017.
Record of Passage in
the National Assembly for Wales
The following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through the National Assembly for Wales.
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Documents |
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Bill introduced: 7 November 2016 |
Public Health (Wales) Bill, as introduced (308KB) Explanatory Memorandum (2MB) Presiding
Officer’s Statement: 7 November 2016 (154KB) Business
Committee’s Report on the timetable for consideration of the Bill: 7 November
2016 (53KB) Statement of policy intent (694KB) Letter to the First Minister from the Secretary of State for Wales: 6 November 2016 (326KB) Legislative glossary (Welsh language version only) (144KB) Equality Impact Assessments (external website)
Children’s Rights Impact Assessments (external website) Welsh Language Impact Assessment (external website) |
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Stage 1: Committee considerations of general principles |
Committee
consideration The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee considered the Bill on the following dates:
Ministerial
correspondence Letter to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 12 January 2017 (PDF 108KB) Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 18 January 2017 (PDF 477KB) Letter to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 24 January 2017 (PDF 84KB) Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 31 January 2017 (PDF 340KB) Committee Stage 1
Report The Committee laid its report on 10 February 2017. (PDF 962KB) The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee considered the Bill on the following dates:
Ministerial
correspondence Letter to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 13 December 2016 (PDF 137KB) Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 12 January 2017 (PDF 169KB) Report The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee laid its report on the Bill (PDF 702KB) on 10 February 2017. The Committee wrote to the Minister’s in relation to the response to the report on 29 March 2017 (PDF 204KB). The Minister responded on 18 April 2017 (PDF, 247KB). The Finance Committee considered the Bill on the following dates:
Report The Finance Committee laid its report on 10 February 2017. (PDF 780KB) |
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Stage 1: Debate in Plenary on general principles |
A debate took place in Plenary on 28 February 2017. The motion to agree the general principles of the Bill was agreed. |
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Financial Resolution |
A Financial Resolution in relation to the Bill was agreed in Plenary on 28 February 2017. |
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Stage 2: Committee consideration of amendments |
Stage 2 began on 1 March 2017. The Health, Social Care and
Sport Committee agreed on 16
February 2017, under Standing Order 26.21, that the order of
consideration for Stage 2 proceedings will be: Sections 3 to 26, Section 2, Sections 27 to 52, Sections 54 to 91,
Section 53, Sections 92 to 124, Schedules 1 to 4, Section 1, Long title Stage 2 consideration took place in Committee on 23
March 2017. Notice
of Amendments – 6 March 2017 version 2 (PDF 64KB) Welsh
Government: Purpose and Effect Table – 6 March 2017 (PDF 49KB) Notice
of Amendments – 10 March 2017 (PDF 79KB) Notice
of Amendments – 13 March 2017 (PDF 99KB) Welsh
Government: Purpose and Effect Table – 13 March 2017 (PDF 358KB) Notice
of Amendments – 15 March 2017 version 2 (PDF 118KB) Notice
of Amendments – 16 March 2017 version 2 (PDF 92KB) Marshalled
List of Amendments – 23 March 2017 (PDF 192KB) Groupings
of Amendments – 23 March 2017 (PDF 71KB) Ministerial
correspondence Letter
from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 6 March 2017
(PDF 154KB) Public
Health (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 2 (PDF 521KB) (Amendments to the
Bill since the previous version are indicated by side-lining in the right
margin.) Revised
Explanatory Memorandum (PDF 2MB) Printing
changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 2 (PDF 137KB) |
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Stage 3: Plenary consideration of amendments |
The National Assembly for Wales agreed on 2 May 2017, under Standing Order 26.36, that the order of consideration for Stage 3 proceedings will be: Sections 3 to 26, Section 2, Sections 27 to 52, Sections 54 to 91, Section 53, Sections 92 to 124, Schedules 1 to 4, Section 1, Long title Stage 3 consideration and disposal of amendments took place in Plenary on 9 May 2017. Notice of Amendments – 27 April 2017 (PDF 95KB) Welsh Government: Purpose and Effect Table – 27 April 2017 (PDF 249KB) Notice of Amendments – 28 April 2017 (PDF 65KB) Notice of Amendments – 2 May 2017 version 2 (PDF 111KB) Marshalled List of Amendments – 9 May 2017 (PDF 161KB) Groupings of Amendments – 9 May 2017 (PDF 69KB) Public Health (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3 (PDF 531KB) (Amendments to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by side-lining in the right margin.) Printing changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 3 (PDF 136KB) Ministerial correspondence Letter
from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 18 April 2017
(PDF 248KB) |
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Stage 4: Passing of the Bill in Plenary |
The
Bill was agreed by the Assembly in accordance with SO 12.36 on 16
May 2017. Public
Health (Wales) Bill, as passed (PDF 531KB) Printing
changes to the Bill as passed (PDF 120KB) |
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Post-stage 4 |
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Royal
Assent (PDF 69KB) was given on 3 July 2017. |
Contact information
Clerk: Claire Morris
Phone: 0300 200 6565
Postal address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff CF99 1NA
Email: SeneddHealth@Assembly.Wales
Business type: Bill
Reason considered: Government Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 07/10/2016
Documents
- Letter from the Chair to the Llywydd - 19 October 2016
PDF 110 KB - Letter from the Chair regarding advanced notification, 26 October 2016 PDF 91 KB
- Written statement by the Minister for Social Services and Public Health: Public Health (Wales) Bill: 7 November 2016 PDF 144 KB
- Statement of policy intent PDF 693 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health to the Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, 7 November 2016 PDF 149 KB
- Letter to the First Minister from the Secretary of State for Wales, 6 November 2016 PDF 326 KB
- Legislative glossary (Welsh language version only) PDF 143 KB
- Letter from the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health - 13 December 2016 PDF 137 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - 12 January 2017 PDF 167 KB
- Schedule of oral evidence PDF 120 KB
- Letter to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 12 January 2017 PDF 108 KB
- Letter to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 24 January 2017 PDF 83 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 6 March 2017 PDF 154 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 6 March 2017 PDF 64 KB
- Welsh Government Purpose and Effect Table- 6 March 2017 PDF 95 KB
- Welsh Government response to Finance Committee Stage 1 report, 10 March 2017 PDF 168 KB
- Response by the Minister for Social Services and Public Health to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's Stage 1 Report - 10 March 2017 PDF 185 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 10 March 2017 PDF 79 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 13 March 2017 PDF 98 KB
- Response by the Minister for Social Services and Public Health to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee's Stage 1 Report - 10 March 2017 PDF 155 KB
- Welsh Government Purpose and Effect Table- 13 March 2017 PDF 358 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 15 March 2017 PDF 118 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 16 March 2017 PDF 92 KB
- Marshalled list of Amendments - 23 March 2017 PDF 192 KB
- Groupings of Amendments - 23 March 2017 PDF 71 KB
- Public Health (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 2 PDF 520 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to the Minister for Social Services and Public Health - 29 March 2017 PDF 204 KB
- Printing Changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 2 PDF 137 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health to the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - 18 April 2017 PDF 160 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health, 18 April 2017 PDF 247 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 27 April 2017 PDF 95 KB
- Welsh Government Purpose and Effect Table - 27 April 2017 PDF 249 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 28 April 2017 PDF 65 KB
- Notice of Amendments - 2 May 2017 PDF 111 KB
- Marshalled list of Amendments - 9 May 2017 PDF 161 KB
- Groupings of Amendments - 9 May 2017 PDF 69 KB
- Public Health (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3 PDF 531 KB
- Public Health (Wales) Bill, as passed PDF 530 KB
- Printing Changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 3 PDF 136 KB
- Printing Changes to the Bill as passed PDF 120 KB
- Letter from the Solictor General - 1 June 2017 PDF 370 KB
- Letter from the Counsel General - 8 June 2017 PDF 177 KB
- Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales - 12 June 2017 PDF 28 KB
Consultations
- Public Health (Wales) Bill (completed)