Commentary on Sections Regulations Section 12: Regulations: Scotland and Wales
34.Regulations may not be made without the consent of the National Assembly for Wales or the Scottish Ministers, where the regulations remove or do not confer entitlements on the National Library of Wales or Scotland, respectively. There will be no obligation to obtain that consent in relation to electronic publications where the National Libraries (or the Faculty of Advocates in the case of legal publications) have access to the publications by electronic means.
35.In all other cases the National Assembly and the Scottish Ministers must be consulted if the regulations would affect the National Libraries in any way.