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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-161.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2011/4",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011",
  "path": "section/161",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": "Guidance about collaboration between Welsh improvement authorities",
  "text": "After section 12 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 insert the following—\n“Guidance about collaboration between Welsh improvement authorities\n12A In deciding whether and how to exercise its functions under sections 9(1) and 12, a Welsh improvement authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 161 in force at 31.8.2011 by S.I. 2011/2011, art. 2(r)"
    }
  ],
  "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/2011/4/section/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:39.148280+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."
}