{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-indemnities-for-members-and-officers-wales-order-2006/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-indemnities-for-members-and-officers-wales-order-2006/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/249",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Indemnities for Members and Officers) (Wales) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-indemnities-for-members-and-officers-wales-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“Code of Conduct” (“Cod Ymddygiad”) means a Code of Conduct for the time being adopted by a relevant authority in accordance with section 51 of the Local Government Act 2000;\n“disciplinary measures” (“mesurau disgyblu”) means—\n(a) suspended or partially suspended; or\n(b) disqualified;\n“member” (“aelod”) in relation to a relevant authority includes—\n(a) a member of any committee,or sub-committee of the relevant authority; or\n(b) a person who is a member of, and represents the relevant authority on, any joint committee or sub-committee;\n“Part III proceedings” (“camau Rhan III”) means any investigation, report, reference, adjudication or any other proceedings pursuant to Part III of the Local Government Act 2000;\n“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means a county council, county borough council, community council, a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947, 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 a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995;\n“secure” (“sicrhau”) in relation to any indemnity provided by means of insurance, includes arranging for, and paying for, that insurance and related expressions are to be constructed accordingly; and\n“Standards Committee” (“Pwyllgor Safonau”) means a Standards Committee, or a sub-committee thereof, established by a relevant authority in accordance with section 53, section 54A or section 56 of the Local Government Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41. The effect of section 4 of the Fire and Rescue Service Act 2004 is that, subject to the provisions of that section, a fire authority constituted under section 5 or section 6 of the Fire Services Act 1947 will continue to have effect notwithstanding the repeal of those sections by the 2004 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2022/372",
      "affecting_title": "The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/249/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:35.225368+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."
}