{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994-commencement-no-3-order-1995/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994-commencement-no-3-order-1995/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994-commencement-no-3-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972;\n“the 1983 Act” means the Representation of the People Act 1983;\n“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994;\n“the 1995 ordinary elections” means the ordinary elections of councillors for new principal areas and for communities to be held on 4th May 1995;\n“existing council” means a county or district council which will cease to exist as a result of the 1994 Act;\n“new principal area” means a county or county borough which is established by the 1994 Act;\n“new principal council” means the council of a new principal area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/546/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:14:53.355438+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."
}