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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015/section-17",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Future Generations Commissioner for Wales",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (referred to in this Act as the “Commissioner”).\n(2) The Commissioner is to be an individual appointed by the Welsh Ministers.\n(3) Before making the appointment under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult with the National Assembly through its responsible committee.\n(4) Schedule 2 makes further provision about the Commissioner.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 16.10.2015 by S.I. 2015/1785, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/2/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:21.647547+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."
}