Government of Wales Act 1998

Government of Wales Act 1998
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to establish and make provision about the National Assembly for Wales and the offices of Auditor General for Wales and Welsh Administration Ombudsman; to reform certain Welsh public bodies and abolish certain other Welsh public bodies; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1998 Chapter 38
Introduced by	Ron Davies, Secretary of State for Wales
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1998; 26 years ago
Other legislation
Amends	Act of Settlement 1701
Amended by	Learning and Skills Act 2000; Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004; Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005; Constitutional Reform Act 2005; Government of Wales Act 2006; Housing and Regeneration Act 2008; Wales Act 2014;
Relates to	Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997, Scotland Act 1998, Northern Ireland Act 1998
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) (Welsh: Deddf Llywodraeth Cymru 1998)^[1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Passed in 1998, the act created the National Assembly for Wales, Auditor General for Wales and transferred devolved powers to the assembly. The act followed the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum.