{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-act-2001/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-act-2001/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/18",
  "legislation_title": "Children’s Commissioner for Wales Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-commissioner-for-wales-act-2001",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Principal aim of the Commissioner",
  "text": "After section 72 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) (establishment of the office of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales) insert—\n“ Principal aim of the Commissioner\n72A The principal aim of the Commissioner in exercising his functions is to safeguard and promote the rights and welfare of children to whom this Part applies.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 partly in force; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 9; s. 2 in force in relation to Wales at 26.8.2001 by S.I. 2001/2783, art. 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/18/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:58.389216+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}