# Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, Section 27: Limits on doing things for commercial purpose in exercise of general power


(1) The general power confers power on a qualifying local authority to do things for a commercial purpose only if they are things that the authority may, in exercise of the general power, do otherwise than for a commercial purpose.
(2) Where, in exercise of the general power, a qualifying local authority does things for a commercial purpose, the authority must do them through a company.
(3) A qualifying local authority may not, in exercise of the general power, do things for a commercial purpose in relation to a person if any enactment requires the authority to do those things in relation to the person.
(4) In this section, “company” means—
(a) a company within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), or
(b) a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14) or the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24 (NI)).
(5) A qualifying local authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers about doing things, in the exercise of the general power, for a commercial purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021/section-27
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