| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision about transport to, from and within Wales. |
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| Citation | 2006 c 5 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales [2] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 February 2006 |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c 5) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed in response to a resolution approved by the National Assembly for Wales on 17 March 2004. [3]
The act was passed alongside the Railways Act 2005 and the Government of Wales Act 2006 and drew upon the recommendations of the Richard Commission on the Assembly's powers. [4]
The act transferred certain powers to the Welsh Assembly Government from local authorities. [5]
The act required the Welsh Assembly Government to publish a transport strategy. [6]
The act was described alongside the Railways Act 2005 as the largest transfer of powers to the Assembly between 1999 and 2007 in Contemporary Wales . [7]
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