An Act to make provision about elections to and membership of the National Assembly for Wales; to make provision about the Welsh Assembly Government; to make provision about the setting by the Assembly of rates of income tax to be paid by Welsh taxpayers and about the devolution of taxation powers to the Assembly; to make related amendments to Part 4A of the Scotland Act 1998; to make provision about borrowing by the Welsh Ministers; to make miscellaneous amendments in the law relating to Wales; and for connected purposes.
Citation
2014 c. 29
Introduced by
David Jones
Territorial extent
United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent
17 December 2014
Other legislation
Amends
Government of Wales Act 1998 Government of Wales Act 2006
Amended by
Wales Act 2017
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Wales Act 2014[1] (c. 29) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 20 March 2014[2] by Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander and Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones.[3] The purpose of the bill was to implement some of the recommendations of the Silk Commission aimed at devolving further powers from the United Kingdom to Wales.
It passed the final hurdles in Parliament and received Royal assent on 17 December 2014, becoming law.[4]
^legislation.gov.uk Wales Act 2014
^"Press release: David Jones and Danny Alexander introduce Wales Bill in Parliament". Gov.UK. 20 March 2014.
^"Wales Bill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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