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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/well-being-of-future-generations-wales-act-2015/section-55",
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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/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the advisory panel” (“y panel cynghori”) means the panel of advisers established under section 26;\n“the Commissioner” (“y Comisiynydd”) means the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales;\n“corporate joint committee” (“cyd-bwyllgor corfforedig”) means a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;\n“financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means the period of 12 months ending with 31 March;\n“future trends report” (“adroddiad tueddiadau tebygol y dyfodol”) has the meaning given by section 11;\n“invited participant” (“cyfranogwr gwadd”) has the meaning given by section 30(5);\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or county borough council in Wales;\n“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42);\n“local objectives” (“amcanion lleol”) means objectives set by a public services board in accordance with section 36(2)(b);\n“local well-being plan” (“cynllun llesiant lleol”) means a plan published under section 39 , 44(5) or 47(6) or (11);\n“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“national indicators” (“dangosyddion cenedlaethol”) has the meaning given by section 10(1)(a);\n“other partners” (“partneriaid eraill”), in relation to a public services board, means the bodies mentioned in section 32(1);\n“overview and scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor trosolwg a chraffu”) is to be construed in accordance with section 35(4);\n“police area” (“ardal heddlu”) means an area listed under the heading “Wales” in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16) (police areas outside London);\n“Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly” (“Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the committee referred to as the “Audit Committee” in section 30 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32);\n“public body” (“corff cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by sections 6 and 52;\n“public services board” (“bwrdd gwasanaethau cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by sections 29 and 47(4)(a);\n“sustainable development” (“datblygu cynaliadwy”) has the meaning given by section 2;\n“sustainable development principle” (“egwyddor datblygu cynaliadwy”) has the meaning given by section 5;\n“trade union” (“undeb llafur”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52);\n“well-being goals” (“nodau llesiant”) means the goals specified in section 4;\n“well-being objectives” (“amcanion llesiant”) means objectives published under section 7 or revised and published as revised under section 8 or 9;\n“Welsh fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub”) means the 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(2) In Part 4 of this Act a “relevant voluntary organisation” means a body (other than a body that exercises functions of a public nature) whose activities—\n(a) are carried on otherwise than for profit, and\n(b) directly or indirectly benefit the whole or any part of a public services board's area.\n(3) A registered social landlord (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) that provides housing in the local authority area is a relevant voluntary organisation for the purposes of Part 4 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 55(1) inserted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1360), regs. 1(2), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 55 substituted (20.3.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(3)(q), Sch. 14 para. 1(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/2/section/55",
    "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."
}