List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2012

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This is a list of acts of the National Assembly for Wales passed in 2012. Acts of the National Assembly for Wales are acts of Senedd Cymru enacted by Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament; or simply the Senedd) under its former name of the National Assembly for Wales. [1] It has legislative authority over devolved matters in relation to Wales under the authority of the Government of Wales Act 2006. [2]

All legislation passed by the Senedd is bilingual, with the English and Welsh texts being equally authoritative. [3] Acts are cited by calendar year, in the same fashion as acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each act passed in a respective year is numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, following the prefix "anaw" (or, in Welsh, "dccc"). [4]

2 acts of the National Assembly for Wales were passed in 2012.

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Acts of the National Assembly for Wales

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References

  1. Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020, 2020 anaw 1, s. 2.
  2. Government of Wales Act 2006, 2006 c. 32, s. 107.
  3. Government of Wales Act 2006, 2006 c. 32, s. 156(1).
  4. Government of Wales Act 2006, 2006 c. 32, s. 115; Interpretation Act 1978, 1978 c. 30, ss. 19(1), 23B & 23C(1); Legislation (Wales) Act 2019, 2019 anaw 4, s. 22.