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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-wales-act-2006/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/30",
  "legislation_title": "Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioner-for-older-people-wales-act-2006",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General functions",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner may—\n(a) promote awareness of the interests of older people in Wales and of the need to safeguard those interests;\n(b) promote the provision of opportunities for, and the elimination of discrimination against, older people in Wales;\n(c) encourage best practice in the treatment of older people in Wales;\n(d) keep under review the adequacy and effectiveness of law affecting the interests of older people in Wales.\n(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) are exercisable only in relation to fields in which functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government.\n(3) The Commissioner may consider, and make representations to the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government about, any matter relating to the interests of older people in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(2) substituted (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 125(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(3) substituted (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 125(3)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/30/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:16.020982+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."
}