{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-non-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2278",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Conduct (Non-Qualifying Local Government Employees) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-non-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note does not form part of the Regulations.)\nPart III of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the Act”) establishes a new ethical framework for local government in Wales.\nSection 82(2) of the Act provides that the National Assembly for Wales may, by order, issue a code as regards the conduct of certain employees of relevant public authorities in Wales (“the code of conduct”). The relevant authorities are community, county and county borough councils, fire authorities and National Park authorities but not police authorities.\nUnder section 82(8) of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales may make regulations which specify the descriptions of employee to which the code of conduct does not apply.\nThese Regulations specify such descriptions of employee, namely, teachers and fire-fighters who are employees of relevant authorities in Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2278/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:31.251062+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."
}