Contemporary Welsh Law is a term applied to the body of primary and secondary legislation generated by the Welsh Parliament (Senedd), according to devolved authority granted in the Government of Wales Act 2006. Each piece of Welsh legislation is known as an Act of the Senedd. The first legislation to be officially proposed was called the NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008. These powers have been effective since May, 2007. It is the first time in almost 500 years that Wales has had its own laws, since Cyfraith Hywel was abolished and replaced by English law through the Laws in Wales Acts, passed between 1535 and 1542 by King Henry VIII of England.