{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1025",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012-commencement-no-2-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "31 March 2015 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2012 Act—\n(a) section 1 (overview);\n(b) section 2 (byelaws for good rule and government and suppression of nuisances);\n(c) section 3 (meaning of “legislating authority”);\n(d) section 4 (revocation by a legislating authority);\n(e) section 5 (revocation by the Welsh Ministers);\n(f) section 6 (byelaws not requiring confirmation) and Part 1 of Schedule 1;\n(g) section 7 (byelaws requiring confirmation);\n(h) section 8 (formalities, commencement and publication of byelaws);\n(i) section 10 (offences against byelaws);\n(j) section 11 (section 2 byelaws; powers of seizure etc);\n(k) section 12 (power to offer fixed penalties for offences against certain byelaws) in so far as it is not already commenced and Part 2 of Schedule 1;\n(l) section 13 (amount of fixed penalty) in so far as it is not already commenced;\n(m) section 14 (power to require name and address in connection with fixed penalty);\n(n) section 15 (use of fixed penalty receipts);\n(o) section 17 (Community Support Officers etc);\n(p) section 18 (guidance) in so far as it is not already commenced;\n(q) section 19 (evidence of byelaws); and\n(r) section 20 (consequential amendments) and paragraphs 1 to 8, 9(1) to (3), (5) and 10 to 18 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1025/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:58.194827+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."
}