Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1118

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

DEVOLUTION, WALES

The National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2007

Made

4th April 2007

Laid before Parliament

11th April 2007

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 4th day of April 2007

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

^M1 Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 , is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales Commission (Crown Status) Order 2007.

^M2 (2) This Order shall come into force immediately after the 2007 election .

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

^M3 2. The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 .

Building Act 1984

^M4 3. —(1) The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Building Act 1984 to the extent specified in this article.

(2) For the purposes of the following provisions the Assembly Commission shall be treated as a government department (and any reference to the Crown in those provisions shall be construed accordingly)—

(a) section 44 (application to Crown), and

(b) section 87 (application to Crown property).

Value Added Tax Act 1994

^M5 4. —(1) The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to the extent specified in this article.

(2) In section 41 (application to the Crown) the definition of “Government department” in subsection (6) shall have effect as if before “a Northern Ireland department” there were inserted “ the National Assembly for Wales Commission, ” .

(3) The reference to the Crown in section 67(2)(e) (person acting on behalf of the Crown not liable to penalty under subsection (1)(c)) shall be treated as including a reference to the Assembly Commission.

[^F1 Data Protection Act 2018

5. —(1) The Assembly Commission is to be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 to the extent specified in this article.

(2) The Assembly Commission is to be treated as a government department for the purposes of the following provisions—

(a) section 8(d) (lawfulness of processing under the [^F2 UK GDPR ^F2] : public interest etc ),

(b) section 209 (application to the Crown),

(d) paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (exemptions from the [^F3 UK GDPR ^F3] : functions designed to protect the public etc ), and

(e) paragraph 8(1)(o) of Schedule 3 (exemptions from the [^F4 UK GDPR ^F4] : health data).

(3) In the provisions mentioned in paragraph (4)—

(a) references to employment by or under the Crown are to be treated as including employment as a member of staff of the Assembly Commission, and

(b) references to a person in the service of the Crown are to be treated as including a person so employed.

(4) The provisions are—

(a) section 24(3) (exemption for certain data relating to employment under the Crown), and

(b) section 209(6) (application of certain provisions to a person in the service of the Crown).

^F5 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^F1]

Licensing Act 2003

^M6 6. The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of section 195(3) of the Licensing Act 2003 (no criminal liability of Crown under the Act) .

Communications Act 2003

^M7 7. The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of section 363 of the Communications Act 2003 (requirement for television licence) .

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

^M8 8. —(1) The Assembly Commission shall be treated as a Crown body for the purposes of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to the extent specified in this article.

(2) References to the Crown in the following provisions shall be treated as including the Assembly Commission—

(a) article 25(e) (meaning of “ enforcing authority ” in relation to certain premises owned or occupied by Crown), and

(b) article 49(1), (2) and (4) (application to Crown).

(3) For the purposes of article 49—

(a) the occupation of any premises by the Assembly Commission for the purposes of the Assembly is to be regarded as occupation by the Crown, and

(b) any premises in which the Assembly Commission has an interest which is that of an owner (within the meaning of that Order) are to be regarded as premises owned by the Crown.

Meriel McCullagh

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

in force	Provision is in force
in force*	In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)
not in force	Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
italics	Defined term
_dfn	Defined term (alternative style)
gry bckgrd	the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

in force

Provision is in force

in force*

In force only for specified purposes (for detail about the purposes see/hover footnote)

not in force

Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)

italics

Defined term

_dfn

Defined term (alternative style)

gry bckgrd

the in-force status of the provision is complex, check the footnotes

footnote	commentary	related provisions	insert/omit
F1	Art. 5 substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) , s. 212(1) , Sch. 19 para. 324 (with ss. 117 , 209 , 210 ); S.I. 2018/625 , reg. 2(1)(g)	this amendment (text substituted) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	substituted
F2	Words in art. 5(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419) , reg. 1(2) , Sch. 3 para. 64(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 112 ); 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	this amendment (text substituted) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	substituted
F3	Words in art. 5(2)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419) , reg. 1(2) , Sch. 3 para. 64(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 112 ); 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	this amendment (text substituted) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	substituted
F4	Words in art. 5(2)(e) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419) , reg. 1(2) , Sch. 3 para. 64(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 112 ); 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	this amendment (text substituted) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	substituted
F5	Art. 5(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419) , reg. 1(2) , Sch. 3 para. 64(b) (with Sch. 3 para. 112 ); 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1)	this amendment (text omitted) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary.	omitted
M1	2006 c.32 . Paragraph 19 of Schedule 11 provides that until the end of the initial period (as defined in section 161(5)) an Order in Council under paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 shall not be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
M2	The expression “the 2007 election” is defined in section 161(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 as the ordinary election held in 2007 under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38.). In accordance with section 3 of the 1998 Act the election is due to take place on 3 May 2007.
M3	1969 c.57 .
M4	1984 c.55 .
M5	1994 c.23 . A relevant amendment is also made to section 41(6) by paragraph 39 of Schedule 10 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.
M6	2003 c.17 .
M7	2003 c.21 .
M8	S.I. 2005/1541

Defined Term	Section/Article	ID	Scope of Application
enforcing authority	art. 8.	def_2b8acc1877
Government department	art. 4.	def_c8336b27d3