Article 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

The title of this Order is the Local Government (Relevant Authorities) (Power to Trade) (Wales) Order 2022 and it comes into force on 5 May 2022.

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

In this Order—

• “company” (“cwmni”) means a company within the meaning of Part 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f1;

• “ordinary functions” (“swyddogaethau cyffredin”) has the meaning given in section 95(7) of the Local Government Act 2003;

• “relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means—

  1. (a)

     county councils or county borough councils;

  2. (b)

     community councils which are eligible community councils within the meaning of section 30(1) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (“the 2021 Act”) ^f2;

  3. (c)

     National Park authorities;

  4. (d)

     fire and rescue authorities, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004^f3 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

  5. (e)

     corporate joint committees established by regulations made under Part 5 of the 2021 Act.