Editing Royal assent (section)

=====Wales=====

[[Measure of the National Assembly for Wales|Measures]], which were the means by which the [[National Assembly for Wales]] passed legislation between 2006 and 2011, were assented to by Queen Elizabeth II by means of an [[Order in Council]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/102 | title=Section 102 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 | publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] | access-date=30 August 2014 | archive-date=13 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713023105/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/32/section/102 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/mwa2008/oic/mwaoic_20080001_en.pdf Order in Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219075253/http://opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/mwa2008/oic/mwaoic_20080001_en.pdf |date=19 February 2009 }} dated 9 July 2008, approving The NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008, the first Measure to be passed by the Assembly on 6 May 2008. Office of Public Sector Information</ref> Section 102 of the [[Government of Wales Act 2006]] required the Clerk to the Assembly to present measures passed by the assembly after a four-week period during which the [[Counsel General for Wales]] or the [[Attorney General]] could refer the proposed measure to the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|Supreme Court]] for a decision as to whether the measure was within the assembly's legislative competence. Following the [[2011 Welsh devolution referendum|referendum held in March 2011]], in which the majority voted for the assembly's law-making powers to be extended,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wales.gov.uk/legislation/referendumpowers/?lang=en|title=Welsh referendum 2011|publisher=Welsh Assembly Government|access-date=23 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407205232/http://wales.gov.uk/legislation/referendumpowers/?lang=en|archive-date=7 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> measures were replaced by [[Act of the National Assembly for Wales|Acts of the Assembly]].<ref name=Wales>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/752/pdfs/uksi_20110752_en.pdf|title=The National Assembly for Wales (Letters Patent) Order 2011|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=23 March 2011|date=16 March 2011|archive-date=13 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113205736/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/752/pdfs/uksi_20110752_en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>