{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/1460",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-communities-wales-rules-2021",
  "path": "rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and commencement",
  "text": "The title of these Rules is the Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021 and they come into force on 17 December 2021.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rule 1 applied (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 26 (with art. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1 in force at 17.12.2021, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1460/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:52.467745+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."
}