{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2012/2",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Byelaws for good rule and government and suppression of nuisances",
  "text": "(1) A council for a county or county borough in Wales may make byelaws –\n(a) for the good rule and government of the whole or any part of its area;\n(b) for the prevention and suppression of nuisances in its area.\n(2) But byelaws may not make provision which –\n(a) is made by an Act of Parliament, Assembly Measure or Act of the Assembly;\n(b) is made, or could be made, by subordinate legislation (which means legislation made by statutory instrument).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2012/2/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:33.913666+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."
}