Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 18 June 2013 and received Royal Assent on 30 July 2013. They have been prepared by the Department for Local Government of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it.