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Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 April 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
This Act –
(a)reforms procedures for making byelaws in Wales, including removing arequirement for confirmation of byelaws by the Welsh Ministers;
(b)enables certain byelaws to be enforced by fixed penalty notices;
(c)requires authorities that make byelaws to have regard to any guidance given by the Welsh Ministers on procedure;
(d)restates for Wales a general power to make byelaws.
I1S. 1 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(a)
Power to make byelawsE+W
2Byelaws for good rule and government and suppression of nuisancesE+W
(1)A council for a county or county borough in Wales may make byelaws –
(a)for the good rule and government of the whole or any part of its area;
(b)for the prevention and suppression of nuisances in its area.
(2)But byelaws may not make provision which –
(a)is made by an Act of Parliament, Assembly Measure or Act of the Assembly;
(b)is made, or could be made, by subordinate legislation (which means legislation made by statutory instrument).
I2S. 2 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)
3Meaning of “legislating authority”E+W
Each of the following is a legislating authority for the purposes of this Act –
(a)a council for a county or county borough in Wales;
(c)a National Park authority in Wales;
(d)the [F1Natural Resources Body for Wales].
F1Words in s. 3(d) substituted (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(g), Sch. 2 para. 30(2)
I3S. 3 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(c)
Revocation of byelawsE+W
4Revocation by a legislating authorityE+W
I4S. 4 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(d) (with art. 3)
5Revocation by the Welsh MinistersE+W
I5S. 5 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(e)
Procedure for byelawsE+W
6Byelaws not requiring confirmationE+W
(1)This section applies to byelaws made by a legislating authority under the enactments listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, including byelaws which amend or revoke byelaws previously made by it.
(2)Before it makes a byelaw, an authority must –
(a)publish on the authority's website an initial written statement which describes the issue which the authority thinks may be addressed by making a byelaw;
(b)consult any person (including, where applicable, a community council) who the authority thinks is likely to be interested in, or affected by, the issue.
(3)Following the consultation, the authority must consider the responses and decide whether making a byelaw is the most appropriate way of addressing the issue.
(4)The authority must then publish on its website a second written statement which contains –
(a)the initial written statement;
(b)a summary of the consultation and the responses;
(c)its decision;
(d)the reasons for that decision.
(5)At least six weeks before the byelaw is made, notice of the intention to make the byelaw must be published –
(a)in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaw is to apply;
(b)on the authority's website.
(6)For at least six weeks before making the byelaw, the authority must ensure that –
(a)a draft of the byelaw is published on the authority's website;
(b)a copy of the draft is deposited at a place in the authority's area;
(c)a copy is open to public inspection at all reasonable hours without payment;
(d)where applicable, a copy is sent to all community councils whose areas the authority thinks are likely to be affected by the byelaw.
(7)The authority must give a copy of the draft byelaw to any person who applies for it, subject to that person paying such reasonable fee charged by the authority (if any).
(8)An authority may not make a byelaw later than six months after the date of the notice under subsection (5).
I6S. 6 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(f) (with art. 3)
7Byelaws requiring confirmationE+W
(1)This section applies to byelaws made by a legislating authority under any enactment other than those listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, including byelaws which amend or revoke byelaws previously made by it.
(2)But this section does not apply to the extent that the enactment conferring the power to make a byelaw makes different provision in relation to one or more of the following –
(a)a requirement to submit byelaws for confirmation;
(b)publication of a notice of intent to make the byelaw;
(c)publication of the byelaw;
(d)making copies of the byelaw available.
(3)Before it makes a byelaw to which this section applies, an authority must –
(4)Following the consultation, the authority must consider the responses and decide whether making a byelaw is the most appropriate way of addressing the issue.
(5)The authority must then publish on its website a second written statement which contains –
(6)Byelaws made by the legislating authority must be submitted to the confirming authority and do not have effect unless and until they are confirmed by the confirming authority.
(7)At least six weeks before the byelaw is submitted for confirmation, notice of the legislating authority's intention to to do so must be published –
(8)For at least six weeks before the byelaw is submitted for confirmation, the legislating authority must ensure that –
(a)the byelaw is published on the authority's website;
(b)a copy of the byelaw is deposited at a place in the authority's area (and, in the case of a byelaw made by the [F2Natural Resources Body for Wales] under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, at a place in the area of each council of a county or county borough to whose area the byelaw applies);
(c)where applicable, a copy is sent to all community councils whose area the authority thinks is likely to be affected by the byelaw;
(d)a copy is open to public inspection at all reasonable hours without payment.
(9)The legislating authority must give a copy of the byelaw to any person who applies for it, subject to that person paying such reasonable fee charged by the authority (if any).
(10)The confirming authority may confirm, or refuse to confirm, any byelaw submitted to it under this section.
(11)For the purposes of this Act, the confirming authority is –
(a)the person specified in the enactment under which the byelaws are made as the person who is to confirm the byelaws, or
(b)if no person is specified, the Welsh Ministers.
(12)The functions of the Welsh Ministers under subsection (11)(b) are exercisable concurrently with the Secretary of State.
F2Words in s. 7(8)(b) substituted (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(g), Sch. 2 para. 30(3)
I7S. 7 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(g) (with art. 3)
8Formalities, commencement and publication of byelawsE+W
(1)This section applies to byelaws made by a legislating authority under any enactment.
(2)But this section does not apply to the extent that the enactment conferring the power to make the byelaw makes different provision in relation to one or more of the following –
(a)signature or sealing of the byelaw;
(b)publication of the byelaw;
(c)making copies of the byelaw available.
(3)Byelaws made by a legislating authority must be made under the common seal of the authority, or, in the case of byelaws made by a community council not having a seal, signed by two members of the council.
(4)Byelaws come into effect on the date fixed by the legislating authority, or if they require confirmation, by the confirming authority. If no date is fixed, they come into effect at the end of one month from the date they are made (or confirmed, as applicable).
(5)The legislating authority which makes the byelaw must –
(a)publish the byelaw on the authority's website when made, or if it requires confirmation, when confirmed;
(b)deposit a copy of the byelaw at a place in the authority's area;
(c)ensure that the copy is open to public inspection at all reasonable hours without payment;
(d)give a copy of the byelaw to a person who requests it, subject to that person paying such reasonable fee charged by the authority (if any).
(6)The proper officer of a county borough council or county council must send a copy of a byelaw once made, or where required once confirmed, to the proper officer of the council of every community to which the byelaw applies.
(7)In the case of byelaws made by a National Park authority, the proper officer of the authority must send a copy of a byelaw once made, or where required once confirmed, to the proper officer of –
(a)the council for every county borough or county whose area includes the whole or part of the National Park;
(b)the council of every community whose area includes the whole or part of the National Park.
(8)In the case of byelaws made by the [F3Natural Resources Body for Wales] under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, [F4the Body] must ensure that it sends a copy of a byelaw once made, or where required once confirmed, to the proper officer of –
(a)the council of every county borough or county to whose area the byelaw applies;
(b)the council of every community to whose area the byelaw applies.
(9)The proper officer of the community council must –
(a)arrange for a copy of a byelaw sent to the officer to be deposited with the public documents of the community;
(b)ensure that the copy is open to public inspection at all reasonable hours without payment.
(10)In subsections (6) to (9) the “proper officer” is the officer duly authorised for that purpose by that body.
F3Words in s. 8(8) substituted (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(g), Sch. 2 para. 30(4)(a)
F4Words in s. 8(8) substituted (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(g), Sch. 2 para. 30(4)(b)
I8S. 8 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(h) (with art. 3)
9Power to amend Part 1 of Schedule 1E+W
The Welsh Ministers may by order amend Part 1 of Schedule 1 (byelaws not requiring confirmation) by adding to or subtracting from the list of enactments, or by amending the type of authority that may make byelaws without confirmation.
I9S. 9 in force at 15.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2121, art. 2(a)
Enforcement of byelawsE+W
I10S. 10 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(i)
11Section 2 byelaws; powers of seizure etcE+W
(b)the forfeiture of any such property on a person's conviction of an offence of contravention of the byelaw.
I11S. 11 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(j)
I12S. 12(1)-(12) in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(k)
I13S. 12(13) in force at 15.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2121, art. 2(b)
13Amount of fixed penaltyE+W
(1)A legislating authority may –
(a)specify the amount of a fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under section 12;
(b)specify different amounts in relation to different byelaws.
(2)If no amount is so specified, the amount of the fixed penalty is £75.
(3)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision in connection with the powers under subsection (1).
(4)Regulations under subsection (3) may, in particular –
(b)restrict the extent to which, and the circumstances in which, an authority can make provision under subsection (1)(b).
(5)The Welsh Ministers may by order substitute a different amount for the amount for the time being specified in subsection (2).
I14S. 13(1)(2)(5) in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(l)
I15S. 13(3)(4) in force at 15.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2121, art. 2(c)(d)
I16S. 14 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(m)
I17S. 15 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(n)
16Power to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1E+W
The Welsh Ministers may by order amend Part 2 of Schedule 1 (byelaws in relation to which fixed penalty notices may be issued) by adding to or subtracting from the list of enactments, or by amending the type of authority that may offer fixed penalty notices.
I18S. 16 in force at 15.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2121, art. 2(e)
17Community Support Officers etcE+W
(1)The Police Reform Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(3)In Schedule 5 (powers exercised by accredited persons) –
(a)in paragraph 1A(3) after “1972” insert “ or under section 12 of the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 ”;
(b)in paragraph 1A(5)(a) after “1972” insert “ or to which section 12 of the Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 applies ”.
F5S. 17(2) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 15.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 12 para. 30; S.I. 2017/1139, art. 2(k) (as amended by S.I. 2017/1162, reg. 2)
I19S. 17 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(o)
I20S. 18 partly in force; s. 18 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 18(1) in force at 30.11.2012, see s. 22(1)(a)
I21S. 18(2) in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(p)
I22S. 19 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(q)
I23S. 20 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
1Section 6 applies to byelaws made –
F6. . . F6. . . F6. . .
[F7Section 41 of the Glamorgan County Council Act 1973 Heating undertakings County council and county borough council]
Section 2 of this Act Good rule and government[F10and the prevention and suppression of nuisances] County council and county borough council
F6Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 omitted (31.5.2018) by virtue of Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(2); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)
F7 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 2(2)
F8 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 2(3)
F9 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 2(4)
F10 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 2(5)
F11Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (31.5.2018) by Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(3); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)
I24Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(f) (with art. 3)
2Section 12 applies to byelaws made –
F12. . . F12. . . F12. . .
[F13Section 41 of the Clwyd County Council Act 1985 Leisure centres County council and county borough council
[F14Section 53 of the Swansea City Council (Tawe Barrage) Act 1986 Upstream river County council (Swansea)
Section 2 of this Act Good rule and government [F15and the prevention and suppression of nuisances] County council and county borough council
[F16Section 117 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017] [F16Regulating the conduct of persons in toilets] [F16County council, county borough council and community council]
F12Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 2 omitted (31.5.2018) by virtue of Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(2); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)
F13 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 2 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 3(2)
F14 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 2 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 3(3)
F15 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 2 inserted (19.11.2014) by The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Amendment) Order 2014 (No. 3111) , arts. 1(2) , 3(4)
F16Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table 2 inserted (31.5.2018) by Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 2), s. 126(2), Sch. 4 para. 3(3); S.I. 2018/605, art. 2(b)
I25Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
I26Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I27Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I28Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I29Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I30Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I31Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I32Sch. 2 para. 7 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I33Sch. 2 para. 8 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
(4)In section [F17236B (revocation of byelaws)] –
F17Words in Sch. 2 para. 9(4) substituted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 6
I34Sch. 2 para. 9(1)-(3)(5) in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I35Sch. 2 para. 9(4) in force at 8.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/550, art. 2
I36Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
F1811. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F18Sch. 2 para. 11 omitted (21.5.2016) by virtue of Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(g), Sch. 2 para. 30(5)
I37Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I38Sch. 2 para. 13 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I39Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I40Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I41Sch. 2 para. 16 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I42Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)
I43Sch. 2 para. 18 in force at 31.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/1025, art. 2(r) (with art. 3)