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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015-commencement-order-2015/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis is the first commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 of the Order provides that 16 October 2015 is the appointed day for the bringing into force of the provisions of the Act set out in that article and referred to below:\nsection 1 (overview);\nsection 6 (meaning of “public body”);\nsection 10 (national indicators and annual well-being report);\nsection 14 (guidance);\nsection 17 (Future Generations Commissioner for Wales);\nsection 22(2) (duty to follow recommendations: guidance);\nsection 22(3) (duty to follow recommendations: taking guidance into account);\nsection 26 (advisory panel);\nsection 27 (appointed members);\nsection 28 (payment of panel members’ expenses);\nsection 40(7) (local well-being plans: duty of the Welsh Ministers to issue guidance);\nsection 40(8) (local well-being plans: duty of community councils to take guidance into account);\nsection 51 (guidance);\nsection 52 (meaning of “public body”: further provision);\nSchedule 2 (the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales).\nSections 53 (power to make consequential etc. provision), 54 (regulations), 55 (interpretation), 56 (commencement) and 57 (short title) of the Act came into force on 30 April 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1785/note",
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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."
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