{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-2015/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-2015/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2015/6",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-2015",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Overview",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) This Act also makes other amendments to local government law; and more specifically—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) section 42 amends the provisions relating to surveys of councillors and unsuccessful candidates for election as councillors;\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) omitted (21.1.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 150(3)(a), 175(1)(f)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(a) omitted (21.1.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 150(3)(a), 175(1)(f)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(b) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), s. 72(4), Sch. 1 para. 14(a); S.I. 2024/1337, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(c) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), s. 72(4), Sch. 1 para. 14(a); S.I. 2024/1337, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(e) omitted (25.6.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), s. 25(1)(a), Sch. 1 para. 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/6/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:18.515159+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."
}