{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-2022/article-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2022/98",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-2022",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "Despite the coming into force of the provisions referred to in article 2, the following must be investigated in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the 2000 Act as it applied immediately before 5 May 2022—\n(a) any written allegation made to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales before 5 May 2022 under section 69(1)(a) of the 2000 Act;\n(b) any other case that has come to the attention of the Public Services Ombudsman under section 69(1)(b) of that Act as a result of any allegation made under section 69(1)(a) before 5 May 2022.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/98/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:09.110751+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."
}