# Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012, Section 2: Byelaws for good rule and government and suppression of nuisances


(1) A council for a county or county borough in Wales may make byelaws –
(a) for the good rule and government of the whole or any part of its area;
(b) for the prevention and suppression of nuisances in its area.
(2) But byelaws may not make provision which –
(a) is made by an Act of Parliament, Assembly Measure or Act of the Assembly;
(b) is made, or could be made, by subordinate legislation (which means legislation made by statutory instrument).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2012/2/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-byelaws-wales-act-2012/section-2
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