{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/23",
  "legislation_title": "Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-audit-wales-act-2004",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Local government bodies in Wales",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “local government body in Wales” means any of these—\n(a) a local authority in Wales;\n(b) a committee of a local authority in Wales (including a joint committee of two or more local authorities in Wales);\n(ba) a corporate joint committee;\n(c) a port health authority for a port health district wholly in Wales;\n(d) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;\n(e) a conservation board established by order of the Assembly under section 86 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37);\n(f) a police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales;\n(fa) a chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 for a police area in Wales;\n(g) a fire and rescue 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;\n(h) an internal drainage board for an internal drainage district wholly in Wales;\n(i) a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) for an area in Wales;\n(j) a Welsh probation trust (as defined by paragraph 13(6) of Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007).\n(2) The Assembly may by order amend subsection (1) by—\n(a) adding a public body whose functions relate exclusively to Wales or an area of Wales;\n(b) omitting a body;\n(c) altering the description of a body.\n(3) In subsection (2) “public body” means a body which—\n(a) exercises functions of a public nature, or\n(b) is entirely or substantially funded from public money.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(ba) inserted (1.4.2021) by The Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (Amendment) (Local Government Bodies in Wales) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/349), arts. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1)(f) substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 337(a); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(fa) inserted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 337(b); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(j) inserted (1.3.2008) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), ss. 5(6), 41(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(5)(a); S.I. 2008/504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/23/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:02.610556+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."
}