{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2021/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2021/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2021/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provision-order-2021",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) In this article, “the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972.\n(2) Any notice or other document published or sent before 1 May 2021 in accordance with the provisions specified in paragraph (3) as modified by the Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 in relation to a meeting held on or after 1 May 2021, is to be treated as having been published or sent in accordance with those provisions as amended by Schedule 4 to the 2021 Act.\n(3) The provisions are—\n(a) section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960;\n(b) Part 5A of the 1972 Act;\n(c) Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2020/442 (W. 100), amended by S.I. 2020/653 (W. 150)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1960 c. 67."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/354/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:13.278686+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."
}