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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-buildings-exempt-religious-buildings-wales-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2024/927",
  "legislation_title": "The Listed Buildings (Exempt Religious Buildings) (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-buildings-exempt-religious-buildings-wales-regulations-2024",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under powers given to the Welsh Ministers by the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”). The 2023 Act forms part of a code of law relating to the historic environment of Wales. These Regulations also form part of that Code.\nThe Regulations make provision about religious buildings which are exempt from some of the provisions of the 2023 Act which apply to listed buildings.\nThe 2023 Act protects buildings of special architectural or historic interest, which may include buildings or structures. The 2023 Act provides that the Welsh Ministers must maintain a list of such buildings in Wales. Particular types of works may only be carried out to a “listed building” if they are authorised by the planning authority or by the Welsh Ministers. There are other restrictions on dealing with listed buildings.\nRegulation 2 provides that certain religious buildings used for religious purposes are “exempt religious buildings” and that the provisions about listed buildings set out in section 156 of the 2023 Act do not apply to them. Those provisions are about the temporary listing of a building, the requirement for works affecting a listed building to be authorised, the offence of intentionally damaging a listed building, compulsory acquisition of a listed building and urgent works for preservation of a listed building.\nRegulation 3 revokes the Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Order 2018.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/927/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:00:01.818469+00:00"
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  "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."
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