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Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Introduction

    1. 1.Overview

  3. Power to make byelaws

    1. 2.Byelaws for good rule and government and suppression of nuisances

  4. Interpretation

    1. 3.Meaning of “legislating authority”

  5. Revocation of byelaws

    1. 4.Revocation by a legislating authority

    2. 5.Revocation by the Welsh Ministers

  6. Procedure for byelaws

    1. 6.Byelaws not requiring confirmation

    2. 7.Byelaws requiring confirmation

    3. 8.Formalities, commencement and publication of byelaws

    4. 9.Power to amend Part 1 of Schedule 1

  7. Enforcement of byelaws

    1. 10.Offences against byelaws

    2. 11.Section 2 byelaws; powers of seizure etc

  8. Fixed penalty notices

    1. 12.Power to offer fixed penalties for offences against certain byelaws

    2. 13.Amount of fixed penalty

    3. 14.Power to require name and address in connection with fixed penalty

    4. 15.Use of fixed penalty receipts

    5. 16.Power to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1

    6. 17.Community Support Officers etc

  9. Miscellaneous and general

    1. 18.Guidance

    2. 19.Evidence of byelaws

    3. 20.Consequential amendments

    4. 21.Orders and regulations

    5. 22.Commencement

    6. 23.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      LISTS OF BYELAW MAKING POWERS

      1. PART 1 BYELAWS NOT REQUIRING CONFIRMATION

        1. 1.Section 6 applies to byelaws made –

      2. PART 2 BYELAWS IN RELATION TO WHICH FIXED PENALTIES MAY BE ISSUED

        1. 2.Section 12 applies to byelaws made –

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. 1.Public Health Act 1875

      2. 2.Commons Act 1899

      3. 3.Open Spaces Act 1906

      4. 4.Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907

      5. 5.National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

      6. 6.Public Health Act 1961

      7. 7.Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

      8. 8.Countryside Act 1968

      9. 9.Local Government Act 1972

      10. 10.Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

      11. 11.Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

      12. 12.Food Act 1984

      13. 13.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

      14. 14.Land Drainage Act 1991

      15. 15.Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993

      16. 16.Environment Act 1995

      17. 17.National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (SI 1999/672)

      18. 18.Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

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