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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provision-order-2022/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis is the fifth commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (“the 2021 Act”).\nArticle 2 brings section 64 (introduction of Schedule 8) of, and Schedule 8 (conduct of local government members: investigations by the Public Service Ombudsman for Wales) to, the 2021 Act into force on 5 May 2022.\nArticle 3 ensures that investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales which relate to written allegations made by any person before 5 May 2022 under section 69(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 2000, or any other case which has come to the attention of the Ombudsman as a result of an allegation made before 5 May 2022, are not impacted by the commencement of section 64 of, and Schedule 8 to, the 2021 Act.",
  "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/2022/98/note",
    "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."
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