Justice administration

Guidance and services

• Contact Welsh Government legal services electronically
  To help us work effectively during the coronavirus pandemic please send documents to legal services by email.
• Parts 2 and 3 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019: Guidance for preparing Welsh legislation
  Guidance to drafters of Welsh legislation on the implications of Parts 2 and 3 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019.
• Commission on Justice in Wales Your Views: privacy notice
  How we will use the information that you provide and how long we will keep it for.
• Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020: Guidance on the legislative drafting implications of Part 2
  Guidance on the implications of name changes for the drafting of bills and subordinate legislation.
• Cabinet Sub-Committee on Justice
  Minutes of Cabinet Sub-Committee on Justice meetings.
• Legislation handbook on subordinate legislation
  Guidance on the processes and procedures involved in preparing subordinate legislation.
• Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation
  This guidance is designed to help officials deal with some commonly occurring policy issues that are dealt with by adopting a commonly occurring legislative solution.
• Legislation handbook on Assembly bills
  Guidance on the processes and procedures involved in preparing primary legislation.
• Writing laws for Wales: guidance on drafting legislation
  Guidance on the main principles and techniques that the Welsh Government applies to legislative drafting.
• Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022
  The Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Act 2022 operates to provide the Welsh Ministers with power to amend the Welsh Tax Acts using draft or made affirmative regulations.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Administrative justice: a cornerstone of social justice in Wales
  Report
  Committee for Administrative Justice and Tribunals, Wales
  Legacy report of the Committee for Administrative Justice and Tribunals, Wales.
• A New Tribunal System for Wales: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  A summary of how the new tribunal system will impact on a number of areas.
• Submission to the Justice Commission from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
  Public response
  Commission on Justice in Wales, Public Service Ombudsman for Wales
  Submission to the Commission for Justice in Wales’ call for evidence from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
• Administrative justice: a cornerstone of social justice in Wales (Welsh Government response)
  Report
  Committee for Administrative Justice and Tribunals, Wales
  Welsh Government response to the recommendations in the Committee for Administrative Justice and Tribunals, Wales legacy report.
• A new tribunal system for Wales: Draft regulatory impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  The draft RIA sets out an initial cost and benefit assessment of the options to reform the current system of devolved tribunals in Wales.
• Law Council of Wales
  Policy and strategy
  Commission on Justice in Wales
  Recommendation for a Law Council of Wales to promote legal education and awareness of Welsh law
• Supplementary submission to the Commission from Welsh Government
  Public response
  Commission on Justice in Wales
  Supplementary evidence submission to the Commission from Welsh Government
• The legal sector in Wales: a rapid review
  Report
  This report is a rapid review of the Welsh Government’s support for the legal sector in Wales.
• President of Welsh Tribunals second annual report (2019 to 2020)
  Report
  Welsh Tribunals
  Explains the role of the president and introduces how the tribunals and Welsh Tribunals work.
• Draft Government and Laws in Wales Bill
  Policy and strategy
  The draft bill set out the Welsh Government’s vision for coherent, clear and stable governance of Wales within the UK.
• The future of Welsh law: accessibility programme 2021 to 2026
  Policy and strategy
  The Welsh Government’s programme to improve the accessibility of Welsh law 2021 to 2026.
• President of Welsh Tribunals third annual report (2020 to 2021)
  Report
  Welsh Tribunals
  Explains the role of the president and introduces how the tribunals and Welsh Tribunals work.
• Commission on Justice in Wales report
  Report
  Commission on Justice in Wales, Welsh Tribunals
  The Commission’s findings about the justice system and recommended changes.
• Delivering Justice for Wales
  Policy and strategy
  Our approach to reforming the justice system, and delivering better outcomes for the people of Wales.
• President of Welsh Tribunals fourth annual report (April 2021 to December 2022)
  Report
  Welsh Tribunals
  Explains the role of the president and introduces how the tribunals and Welsh Tribunals work.
• Law and justice in Wales
  Report
  Justice Stakeholder Group
  This report by the Justice Stakeholder Group considers how a Welsh approach to justice could be developed.
• Law and justice in Wales: Welsh Government response
  Report
  Justice Stakeholder Group
  Progress update on the Justice Stakeholder Group’s report ‘Law and Justice in Wales'.
• President of Welsh Tribunals first annual report (2019)
  Report
  Welsh Tribunals
  Explains the role of the president and introduces how the tribunals and Welsh Tribunals work.
• The future of Welsh law: annual report 2021 to 2022
  Report
  Report on progress to improve the accessibility of Welsh law.