# The Local Government (Relevant Authorities) (Power to Trade) (Wales) Order 2022, Article 1: Title, commencement, application and interpretation


(1) 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.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
(3) In this Order—
“company” (“cwmni”) means a company within the meaning of Part 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
“ordinary functions” (“swyddogaethau cyffredin”) has the meaning given in section 95(7) of the Local Government Act 2003;
“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means—
(a) county councils or county borough councils;
(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”) ;
(c) National Park authorities;
(d) fire and rescue authorities, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
(e) corporate joint committees established by regulations made under Part 5 of the 2021 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/424/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-relevant-authorities-power-to-trade-wales-order-2022/article-1
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