{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2009/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2009/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2009/2",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2009",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of “Welsh improvement authority”",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Measure, a “Welsh improvement authority” is—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) a Welsh fire and rescue authority, that is an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(a) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 113(a), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(b) (with regs. 4, 5, 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(b) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 169(a), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(f) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 17.7.2009 by S.I. 2009/1796, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2021/1",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2009/2/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:50.696839+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."
}