what is the government of wales act 2006??

Answer 1

The Bill is designed to provide the Assembly government with the basis to cover four main areas.
First, it will set up the Welsh Assembly Government as an entity in its own right, rather than as subjugate of the National Assembly, as it has been up to now.
This will make it much easier, in future, to attribute responsibility and accountability in terms of the decision making process.
The second point is that over time, it will enable the Assembly to acquire new legislative powers, but only on matters within the Assembly government's existing areas of responsibility and still subject to the general restrictions listed in schedule 5 of the Bill.
In Parliament, MPs will authorise the transfer to the Assembly, on a case by case basis, of powers to make laws (to be known as Assembly Measures) on a wide range of matters.
This new simplified procedure is intended to enable the Assembly to achieve its legislative priorities more efficiently, without getting involved in and slowed down by the Westminster backlog.
Third, the Bill holds out the possibility of passing primary legislative powers to the Assembly, but such changes would only take place after a referendum; Hain himself sees it as at least ten years before this could take place.
The last point addressed by the Bill is reform to the Assembly's electoral system, to counter the problem of defeated constituency candidates becoming Assembly Members through the back door, via their parties' regional lists.
The Bill will ensure candidates will stand for constituencies, or for regions, not for both, in this way putting an end to "dual candidacy".
The Bill will prevent individuals from simultaneously being candidates for both constituencies and regions; electors are entitled to expect a candidate to decide which area he or she wants to represent, and not to fudge the choice by standing for two territories at the same time.
You can find the actual bill at.............................
www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/
20060032.htm - 42k

Answer 2

Amazing, not one person has or can answer this question, and it's was passed in 2006.