The Northern Ireland Assembly has primary and

secondary legislative powers; after several years'

suspension due to disagreements at political
(power-sharing) leadership level, the Assembly
restarted work in January 2020. The National
Assembly for Wales (now known as the Senedd
Cymru or Welsh Parliament) received additional
powers in 2006 under the Government of Wales Act
(GoWA). Part 4A thereof allows the National
Assembly to set the Welsh rates of income tax to be
paid byWelsh taxpayers[9]. Following a referendum
in March 2011, it was granted primary legislative
powers in 20 specified areas, adopting "Acts of the
Assembly", as well as secondary powers generally
vested in Welsh ministers. The GoWA Act was
amended by the Wales Acts of 2014 and 2017. The
latter included putting in place areserved powers
model of devolution for Wales and devolvingfurther
powers to the Assembly and Welsh ministers in
areas such as elections, transport, energy and the
natural environment. The main change regarding
devolved powers was the introduction of Schedule
7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006: this
schedule defines the scope of the Assembly's
legislative competence to adopt Acts of the
Assembly (now known as "Acts of the Senedd).
Schedule 7A sets out the areas of policy - reserved
matters - on which only the UK Parliament can
legislate. Any area not listed in Schedule 7A is
devolved to the Senedd. 2018 saw the
commencement of the reserved powers model of
devolution under the 2017 Wales Act; the first
Welsh taxes came on stream. By 2019, Welsh
income tax-varying powers were in place, as
provided for in the 2014 Wales Act[10].