{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026/rule-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/84",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-wales-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the 1983 Act” (“Deddf 1983”) means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“the Communities Rules” (“y Rheolau Cymunedau”) means the Local Elections (Communities) (Wales) Rules 2021;\n“the Principal Areas Rules” (“y Rheolau Prif Ardaloedd”) means the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2021/1460 (W. 375), amended by S.I. 2022/263 (W. 79)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2021/1459 (W. 374), amended by S.I. 2022/263 (W. 79) and S.I. 2023/1064 (W. 180)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/84/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:06.501139+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."
}