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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2280",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Conduct (Qualifying Local Government Employees) (Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note does not form part of the Order)\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 which is expected of certain employees of relevant authorities in Wales (“the code of conduct”).\nThe relevant authorities are county, community and county borough councils, fire authorities and National Park authorities but not police authorities.\nEmployees of relevant authorities to which the code of conduct does not apply are those who fall within any description of employee in regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales under section 82(8) of the Act.\nBy virtue of section 82(7) of the Act, the terms of appointment or conditions of employment of employees of relevant authorities to whom the code of conduct applies are to be deemed to incorporate the code of conduct set out in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2280/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:29.737850+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."
}