77.Section 37J deals with the numbering of Acts of Senedd Cymru by restating the effect of sections 115(5A) and (5B) of the 2006 Act. Additionally, it makes clear for the first time how the prefix and number of an Act of Senedd Cymru is determined. The current method of numbering Acts of the UK Parliament was established in 1962 and replaced the system of citing Acts by session and chapter, which was considered inconvenient. The arrangements for numbering Measures of the National Assembly for Wales adopted a similar numbering convention to the current arrangements for Acts of Parliament (using the prefix “nawm”); this was continued when Acts of the National Assembly for Wales began (but using the prefix “anaw”) and now the prefix “asc” is used to denote Acts of Senedd Cymru.
Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Publication Etc. of Welsh Legislation Section 37J – Numbering of Acts of Senedd Cymru