Commentary on Sections Part 3 -Miscellaneous and Final Provisions Chapter 2 - Final Provisions Section 145: Devolution: Wales
345.Section 145 provides that the references to the Adoption Act 1976 and the Children Act 1989 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 are to be treated as referring to those Acts as amended by this Act.  Subsection (3) omits the reference to section 9 of the Adoption Act 1976 from the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999.  The entry is not needed because of the amendment to section 9 of the Adoption Act 1976 made by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act.  Subsection (4) provides that the functions under sections 9 and 9A of the Adoption Act 1976 exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales are to be treated as if they were made exercisable by an Order in Council under section 22 of the Government of Wales Act.  This ensures that the appropriate parliamentary procedures in the National Assembly for Wales are applied to regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales under sections 9 and 9A of the Adoption Act 1976.