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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015-commencement-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1785",
  "legislation_title": "The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015-commencement-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "16 October 2015 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—\n(a) section 1 (overview);\n(b) section 6 (meaning of “public body”);\n(c) section 10 (national indicators and annual well-being report);\n(d) section 14 (guidance);\n(e) section 17 (Future Generations Commissioner for Wales);\n(f) section 22(2) (duty to follow recommendations: guidance)\n(g) section 22(3) (duty to follow recommendations: taking guidance into account);\n(h) section 26 (advisory panel);\n(i) section 27 (appointed members);\n(j) section 28 (payment of panel members’ expenses);\n(k) section 40(7) (local well-being plans: duty of the Welsh Ministers to issue guidance);\n(l) section 40(8) (local well-being plans: duty of community councils to take guidance into account);\n(m) section 51 (guidance);\n(n) section 52 (meaning of “public body”: further provision);\n(o) Schedule 2 (the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1785/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}