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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-wales-order-2008/article-6",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2008/788",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-model-code-of-conduct-wales-order-2008",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitional Provisions and Savings",
  "text": "The orders referred to in article 5 continue to have effect for the purposes of and for purposes connected with —\n(a) the investigation of any written allegation under Part 3 of the Act, where that allegation relates to conduct that occurred before the date when, pursuant to section 51 of the Act—\n(i) the relevant authority adopts a code of conduct incorporating the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order in place of its existing code of conduct;\n(ii) the relevant authority revises its existing code of conduct to incorporate the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order; or\n(iii) the mandatory provisions of the model code of conduct in the Schedule to this Order apply to members or co-opted members of the relevant authority under section 51(5)(b) of that Act;\n(b) the adjudication (or determination) of a matter raised in such an allegation; and\n(c) an appeal against the decision of a standards committee, an interim case tribunal or case tribunal in relation to such an allegation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 in force at 18.4.2008, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 51 of the Local Government Act 2000 is amended by section 35 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 4 to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 and by section 183 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/788/article/6",
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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."
}