1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 3 July 2012 and received Royal Assent on 29 November 2012. They have been prepared by the Department for Local Government and Public Services 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.