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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-1-and-saving-provision-order-2021/article-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2021/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-1-and-saving-provision-order-2021",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The title of this Order is the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2021.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Local Government Act 2000;\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 3.3.2021"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/231/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:48.425582+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."
}