{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-wales-order-2004/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-wales-order-2004/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1508",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Wales) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-declaration-of-acceptance-of-office-wales-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES\nMade 15 June 2004\nComing into force 1 September 2004\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by sections 83(1) and (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and section 52(2) of the Local Government Act 2000, which are now vested in it in so far as exercisable in Wales, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1508/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:28.185570+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."
}