394.This section requires an initial procedure to be applied to regulations under sections 17, 28(2) or 75. Before a draft Welsh statutory instrument containing regulations under those sections can be laid before the Senedd in accordance with section 126(4), the Welsh Ministers must lay the required documents before the Senedd and a period of 60 days beginning with the day on which those documents were laid must expire.
395.The “required documents”, as set out in subsection (2), are a proposed draft of the regulations and a statement setting out the detail of the consultation conducted under section 17(3), or 28(7) (as applicable) together with an explanation of why the Welsh Ministers consider that the regulations are necessary.
396.If the Welsh Ministers then lay a draft statutory instrument containing regulations under sections 17, 28(2) or 75 before the Senedd, they must include with that draft (under subsection (4)) a statement giving details of any representations they received during the 60-day period, and any differences between the proposed draft of the regulations and the regulations in the draft Welsh statutory instrument.
397.Subsection (5) provides for certain exceptions to the initial procedure.
Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Safety of Buildings Containing Two Or More Residential Units Regulations under sections 17, 28(2) and 75 Section 77 - Regulations under sections 17, 28(2) and 75: initial procedure