{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2023/section-157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2023/section-157.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2023/3",
  "legislation_title": "Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historic-environment-wales-act-2023",
  "path": "section/157",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“enforcement notice” (“hysbysiad gorfodi”) means an enforcement notice issued under section 123 or 134 (as the case may be);\n“exempt religious building” (“adeilad crefyddol esempt”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 156;\n“interim protection” (“gwarchodaeth interim”) has the meaning given by section 79(3);\n“listing” (“rhestru”) and “de-listing” (“dadrestru”), in relation to a building, have the meanings given by section 76(6);\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means—\n(a)a county council or county borough council in Wales;\n(b)a National Park authority in Wales;\n(c)a community council;\n(d)a police and crime commissioner in Wales;\n(e)a fire and rescue authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;\n(f)a body in Wales which is a levying body within the meaning of section 74(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41);\n(g)a body in Wales to which section 75 of that Act (special levies) applies;\n(h)a joint board or joint committe‍e, if all the constituent authorities are local authorities within paragraphs (a) to (g);\n“temporary listing” (“rhestru dros dro”) has the meaning given by section 83(5);\n“temporary stop notice” (“hysbysiad stop dros dro”) means a temporary stop notice issued under section 119;\n“Wales” (“Cymru”) means the combined area of the counties and county boroughs in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 157 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 212(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 157 in force at 4.11.2024 by S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/3/section/157",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:51.202412+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."
}