{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-rent-officers-order-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-rent-officers-order-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/533",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Rent Officers) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-reorganisation-wales-rent-officers-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Rent Officers) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“new authority” means a county or county borough council established under the 1994 Act;\n“old authority” means a county council which ceases to exist as a result of the 1994 Act;\n“rent officer” means a person appointed as a rent officer in pursuance of a scheme made under section 63 of the Rent Act 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/533/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:50:35.174868+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."
}