{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conduct-of-members-principles-wales-order-2001/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conduct-of-members-principles-wales-order-2001/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2276",
  "legislation_title": "The Conduct of Members (Principles) (Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conduct-of-members-principles-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“co-opted member” (“aelod cyfetholedig”), in relation to a relevant authority, means a person who is not a member of the authority but who—\n(a)is a member of any committee or sub-committee of the authority, or\n(b)is a member of, and represents the authority on, any joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority,\nand who is entitled to vote on any question which falls to be decided at any meeting of that committee or sub-committee;\n“member” (“aelod”) includes a co-opted member; ...\n“protected characteristics” (“nodweddion gwarchodedig”) has the meaning given by section 4 of the Equality Act 2010;\n“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means—\n(a)a county council,\n(b)a county borough council,\n(c)a community council,\n(ca) a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1),\n(d) a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, and\n(e)a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 2 omitted (5.1.2026) by virtue of The Local Government (Standards Committees and Member Conduct) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1217), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (5.1.2026) by The Local Government (Standards Committees and Member Conduct) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1217), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (5.8.2022) by The Conduct of Members (Principles) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/805), arts. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (25.10.2005) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2929), arts. 1(1), 55"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 28.7.2001, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2276/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:32.751407+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."
}