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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000-commencement-wales-order-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2000/2948",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement) (Wales) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000-commencement-wales-order-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st November 2000",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act shall come into force in relation to Wales on 1st November 2000 –\nsection 3(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) (limits on power to promote well-being)\nsection 4(3)(b), (4) and (5) (strategies for promoting well-being)\nsection 5(5) (power to amend or repeal enactments)\nsection 6(6) (power to modify enactments concerning plans etc.)\nsection 7 (power to modify enactments concerning plans etc: Wales)\nsection 11(5), (6) and (9) (local authority executives)\nsection 12(1) (additional forms of executive)\nsection 13(3), (5), (6), (12), (13) and (14) (functions which are the responsibility of an executive)\nsection 17 (discharge of functions: s. 11(5) executive)\nsection 18 (discharge of functions by area committees)\nsection 19 (discharge of functions of and by another local authority)\nsection 20 (joint exercise of functions)\nsection 22(6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13) (access to information etc.)\nsection 23 in so far as it relates to paragraphs 8(4), (5), and (8), 9(4), (5) and (6), 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 (further provision)\nsection 25(5), (6), and (8) (proposals)\nsection 27(9) and (10) (referendum in case of proposals involving elected mayor)\nsection 28(1) and (2) (approval of outline fall-back proposals)\nsection 30 (operation of different executive arrangements)\nsection 31(1)(b) (alternative arrangements in case of certain local authorities)\nsection 32 (alternative arrangements)\nsection 33(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (11) (operation of alternative arrangements)\nsection 34 (referendum following petition)\nsection 35 (referendum following direction)\nsection 36 (referendum following order)\nsection 37(1)(a) (local authority constitution)\nsection 38 (guidance)\nsection 39(1), (3), (4) and (5) (elected mayors etc.)\nsection 41 (time of elections etc.)\nsection 44 (power to make provision about elections)\nsection 45(5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) (provisions with respect to referendums)\nsection 47 (power to make incidental, consequential provision etc.)\nsection 48 (interpretation of Part II)\nsection 49(2), (5), (6)(a), (b), (f), (l), (m) and (p) and (7) (principles governing conduct of members of relevant authorities)\nsection 50(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) (model code of conduct)\nsection 53(11) and (12) (standards committees)\nsection 54(5) and (7) (functions of standards committees)\nsection 68(3), (4) and (5) (Local Commissioner and Commission for Local Administration in Wales)\nsection 70(1) and (2) (investigations: further provisions)\nsection 73(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) (matters referred to monitoring officers)\nsection 75(2), (5), (6) and (8) (adjudication panels)\nsection 76(13) (case tribunals and interim case tribunals)\nsection 77(4) and (6) (adjudications)\nsection 81(5) and (8) (disclosure and registration of members' interests etc.)\nsection 82(2), (3), (6), (8) and (9) (code of conduct for local government employees)\nsection 83(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13) and (14) (interpretation of Part III)\nsection 100 (power to make provision about allowances)\nsection 101(2), (3), (4) and (5) (indemnification of members and officers of relevant authorities)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/2948/article/2",
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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."
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