
2024 No. 805 (W. 129)
Disclosure Of Information
The Digital Government (Welsh Bodies) Regulations 2024
Made 17 July 2024
Coming into force 1 August 2024

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 56(6) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 56(11) of the Act, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to the systems and procedures for the secure handling of information by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, and whether the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has had regard to the code of practice under section 60 of the Act.
The Welsh Ministers have consulted the Information Commissioner, the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, and such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate, as required by section 56(12) of the Act.

A draft of these Regulations was laid before Senedd Cymru under section 62(6) of the Act, and has been approved by a resolution of Senedd Cymru.
Title and coming into force
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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Digital Government (Welsh Bodies) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2024.
Amendment to Part 2 (Welsh bodies) of Schedule 8 to the Digital Economy Act 2017
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In paragraph 49 of Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Digital Economy Act 2017, for “The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales”, substitute “The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.
Lynne Neagle
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
17 July 2024