225.The Schedule makes minor and consequential amendments to the 1996 Act, the 2014 Act, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
226.Paragraph 1 makes amendments to Part 6 of the 1996 Act (allocation of housing accommodation). Paragraph 1(2) to (5) amends sections 160, 160A, 167 and 169 of the 1996 Act to clarify that, as a result of the Transfer of Functions Order 1999 and Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, certain functions and powers conferred on the Secretary of State are now functions of the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.
227.Paragraph 1(6) amends section 172 of the 1996 Act to reflect that certain regulation-making powers in that Act are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers and that those regulations must be made by statutory instrument.
228.Paragraph 1(6) also inserts subsections (2A) and (3A) into section 172 of the 1996 Act which makes provision about the Senedd procedure that applies to regulations made under Part 6 of that Act. Inserted subsection (2A) provides that regulations made under section 160B(3) (circumstances in which the duty in section 160B(2) of the 1996 Act does not apply), section 160D(1) (common housing register), section 160E(2) (accessible housing register) and section 167(3) (regulations amending provisions about priorities in allocating housing accommodation in Wales) of the 1996 Act are subject to the Senedd approval procedure. Inserted subsection (3A) provides any other regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under Part 6 of the 1996 Act are subject to the Senedd annulment procedure.
229.Paragraph 2 amends the table in Schedule 2 to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, which contains a list of enactments in which the social services functions of local authorities are set out. The amendments reflect the insertion of sections 94A and 94B into the 2014 Act by section 20 of the Act, to the extent that the duty in section 94A is imposed on social services authorities, and the amendments to section 95 of the 2014 Act so far as it relates to social services functions.
230.Paragraph 3 makes amendments to the 2014 Act mainly in consequence of the repeal of sections 70, 73, 77 and 78 of that Act, but also in consequence of the other amendments made to the Act.
231.Paragraph 4 amends Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 to repeal the reference to section 73 of 2014 Act. This reflects the repeal of section 73 of the 2014 Act by the Act.
SCHEDULE.MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION