Following the Wales Act 2017, DEFRA and the Welsh Government established a joint programme of work to consider the legislative and practical implications of commencing section 48(1) which would realign the Senedd’s competence over water with the national border of Wales. In 2020, both governments agreed to postpone this work as resources were reprioritised to our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a timetable has yet to be set for commencing section 48(1) of the 2017 Act.