Separation of NAfW from WAG

This splits the previous corporate entity of the National Assembly for Wales into two separate bodies - the Welsh Assembly Government (the executive) and the National Assembly for Wales (the legislature).

Briefly, the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) consists of the Ministers - a bit like the Cabinet of the UK Government. The Ministers are drawn from the political party (or parties) in power and they hold what were previously the executive powers of the pre-2006 Act Assembly.

The National Assembly for Wales comprises the 60 elected Assembly Members and they have the power to scrutinise the decisions and policies of the WAG and hold Ministers to account, as well as acting as the legislative body to approve certain types of Welsh legislation.