{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/22",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Guidance.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority , an elected mayor or an executive leader must have regard to any guidance for the time being issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of this Part.\n(1A) The guidance may, among other things, include provision designed to encourage good practice in relation to equality and diversity (within the meaning of section 8(2) of the Equality Act 2006).\n(2) Guidance under this section may make different provision for different cases or descriptions of local authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(1) inserted (4.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 59(2), 175(7); S.I. 2021/231, reg. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 38(1) substituted (4.5.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 3 para. 55; S.I. 2012/1008, art. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 38(1A) inserted (4.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 59(3), 175(7); S.I. 2021/231, reg. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 wholly in force at 1.11.2000; s. 38 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 108; s. 38 in force at 7.8.2000 in relation to England only by S.I. 2000/2187, arts. 1(3), 2(a); s. 38 in force at 1.11.2000 in relation to Wales by S.I. 2000/2948, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/22/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:52.095320+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."
}