{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-conduct-qualifying-local-government-employees-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "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": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General Principles",
  "text": "The public is entitled to expect the highest standards of conduct from all qualifying employees of relevant authorities. The role of such employees is to serve their employing authority in providing advice, implementing its policies, and delivering services to the local community. In performing their duties, they must act with integrity, honesty, impartiality and objectivity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Employees of relevant authorities in Wales who do not fall within any description of employee specified in the Code of Conduct (Non-Qualifying Local Government Employees) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/ (W. )) are qualifying employees."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "A relevant authority, in relation to Wales, means a county, county borough or community council, a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947 or a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2280/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}