Clause 10 - Short title, commencement and extent
Health (Wales) Bill
9:30 am
Mr Don Touhig (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office; Islwyn, Labour/Co-operative)
The skills of the parliamentary counsel are there before us. Clause 10 provides that the Assembly may commence provisions of the Act, except clauses 8 and 9 and 10, which come into force on Royal Assent, on such days and for such purposes as it may decide. That is fairly common practice. It happens with all Bills that we take through. Unless we specify a date, it is left to the Minister or, as in this case, the Assembly, to decide the dates and which parts of the Bill will be enacted.