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The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (Welsh: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru) was established by section 1(1) of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005. The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales brings together the jurisdictions of various offices he replaced, namely the Local Government Ombudsman for Wales, the Health Service ...
The parts an WSI is divided into have different names depending on the type of WSI and official guidance has been published by the Welsh Government. [25] The divisions shown in the table are for the main body matter of the WSI, and the Orders column includes Orders in Council. It is also common, regardless of the traditional name of the ...
The Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) (Welsh: Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998) [1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Passed in 1998, the act created the National Assembly for Wales, Auditor General for Wales and transferred devolved powers to the assembly. The act followed the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum.
Welsh law has been generated by the Senedd since the Government of Wales Act 2006 and in effect since May 2007. Each piece of Welsh legislation is known as an Act of Senedd Cymru. The first Welsh legislation to be proposed was the NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008.
This is a list of acts of Senedd Cymru (referred to as acts of the National Assembly for Wales if passed before 6 May 2020) and measures of the National Assembly for Wales, passed by Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament; or simply the Senedd) from its establishment as the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 until the present.
The current name was adopted when the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 took effect on 6 May 2020, which renamed the "Acts of the National Assembly for Wales" stated in section 107(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 as officially "Acts of Senedd Cymru" (plural Welsh: Deddfau Senedd Cymru) and informally referred to as “Acts of the ...
creates a Welsh Seal and a Keeper of the Welsh Seal (the First Minister) [11] creates a Welsh Consolidated Fund [12] creates the post of Counsel General as a member of the Welsh Government and its chief legal adviser. [13] creates a Partnership Council for Wales to facilitate co-operation between Welsh ministers and local government in Wales. [14]
Local government in Wales is primarily undertaken by the twenty-two principal councils.The councils are unitary authorities, meaning they are responsible for providing local government services within their principal area, including education, social work, environmental protection, and most highway maintenance.