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1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Order 2006 and it shall come into force on 1 April 2006.
(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
(3) In this Order—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005;
“co-opted member” (“aelod cyfetholedig”) means, in relation to a relevant authority, a person who is not a member of the authority but who—
is a member of any committee or sub-committee of the authority, or
is a member of, and represents the authority on, any joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority,
and who is entitled to vote on any question which falls to be decided at any meeting of that committee or sub-committee; and
“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means a county council, a county borough council, a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995(1) or a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004(2) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.