EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the first commencement order under the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (“the Act”).

Article 2 of the Order provides that 15 August 2014 is the appointed day for the bringing into force of the provisions of the Act set out in that article and referred to below:

Sections 18(1) (power to give guidance), 21 (orders and regulations), 22 (commencement), and 23 (short title) of the Act came into force on 30 November 2012.