# The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2006, Article 1: Title, commencement, application and interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) The title of this Order is the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 and it shall come into force on 1 April 2006.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
(3) In this Order—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005;
“co-opted member” (“aelod cyfetholedig”) means, in relation to a relevant authority, a person who is not a member of the authority but who—
(a)is a member of any committee or sub-committee of the authority, or
(b)is a member of, and represents the authority on, any joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority,
and who is entitled to vote on any question which falls to be decided at any meeting of that committee or sub-committee; and
“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means a county council, a county borough council, a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 or a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/362/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005-transitional-provisions-and-consequential-amendments-order-2006/article-1
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