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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004-amendment-local-government-bodies-in-wales-order-2021/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2021/349",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (Amendment) (Local Government Bodies in Wales) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004-amendment-local-government-bodies-in-wales-order-2021",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "text": "(1) The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 12(1) (local government bodies in Wales), after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) a corporate joint committee;”.\n(3) In section 25 (procedure for consideration of reports and recommendations), after subsection (8) insert—\n“(8A) Where a duty imposed on a body by this section is imposed on a corporate joint committee, the duty may not be discharged on behalf of the corporate joint committee by—\n(a) a sub-committee of the corporate joint committee, or\n(b) any other person.”\n(4) In section 59 (interpretation of Part 2), after subsection (8) insert—\n“(9) “Corporate joint committee” means a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/349/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:16.970442+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."
}