{"id":10768,"date":"2015-07-29T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=10768"},"modified":"2015-07-29T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T15:50:02","slug":"law-wales-website-explaining-how-welsh-law-differs-from-rest-of-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=10768","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Law Wales\u2019: Website explaining how Welsh law differs from rest of UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>A new website has been launched by the Welsh Government called \u2018Law Wales\u2019, which explains how legislation differs from the rest of the UK, and clarifying issues which are devolved.<\/u><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>The Welsh Government writes:<br \/>\n<\/u>The Law Wales site has been spearheaded by the Welsh Counsel General, Theodore Huckle QC, working with legal publishers Westlaw UK, to raise awareness of the growing body of Welsh law being passed by the National Assembly for Wales and made by the Welsh Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly can pass laws for Wales provided they relate to the 20 specified devolved areas of economic, social and cultural importance to citizens, including health, education, agriculture, transport, housing and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 30 new Welsh Acts are expected to be passed during the Fourth Assembly (2011-2016). These join Measures passed in the previous Assembly term which, taken together, mean there are now significant differences in the law in Wales in many areas compared with other parts of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Landlords in Wales must soon, by law, join a compulsory register and licencing scheme designed to protect tenants\u2019 rights.<\/li>\n<li>All businesses preparing food in Wales have a legal duty to display their food hygiene rating, under a law brought in to improve standards for consumers.<\/li>\n<li>From December 1st, there will be a new \u2018opt out\u2019 system of organ donation in Wales, aimed at increasing the number of organs available for life-saving transplants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Counsel General Theodore Huckle QC said: \u2018With more and more laws being passed affecting only Wales, it\u2019s absolutely vital that people here and beyond understand the growing changes in areas like health, education and housing, to name but a few.\u00a0 The Law Wales website is designed not only to raise citizens\u2019 awareness of the ways in which these new laws affect their everyday lives, but also the system under which they are developed, scrutinised, and passed.\u00a0 I\u2019m delighted that through our partnership with Westlaw UK, the site will be further developed to include rich, in-depth content and analysis aimed at those working in the legal system in Wales.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Greenberg from Westlaw UK said: \u2018Westlaw UK is absolutely delighted to be able to contribute to this vital public service initiative, which will improve access to laws for the citizen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said: \u2018As a barrister and a legislator, I am acutely aware of how complex the law can be. I am delighted that the Welsh Government is leading the way in the UK by developing this information service.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/newsroom\/firstminister\/2015\/150715-law-website\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">View the press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.gov.wales\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">View the site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View Ancient monuments and historic buildings legislation information on <a href=\"http:\/\/law.gov.wales\/culture\/ancient-monuments-historic-buildings\/?lang=en#\/culture\/ancient-monuments-historic-buildings\/?tab=overview&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Law Wales<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View town and country planning legislation information on <a href=\"http:\/\/law.gov.wales\/economydevelopment\/town-county-planning\/?skip=1&amp;lang=en#\/economydevelopment\/town-county-planning\/?tab=overview&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">LawWales<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>View housing related information on <a href=\"http:\/\/law.gov.wales\/publicservices\/housing\/?lang=en#\/publicservices\/housing\/?tab=overview&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">LawWales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new website has been launched by the Welsh Government called \u2018Law Wales\u2019, which explains how legislation differs from the rest of the UK, and clarifying issues which are devolved.\u00a0 The Welsh Government writes: The Law Wales site has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=10768\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10769,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10768\/revisions\/10769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}