art 1 Title, commencement, interpretation and application
(1) The title of this Order is The Fire and Rescue Authorities (Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2010 and it comes into force on the 1 April 2010. (2) In this Order— “the Measure” (“ y Mesur ”) means the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009; “financial year” (“ blwyddyn ariannol ”) means a period of 12 months beginning with 1 April; and “improvement plan” (“ cynllun gwella ”) means a performance plan within the meaning of section 15(6) of the Measure. (3) This Order applies only to Welsh improvement authorities that are fire and rescue authorities in Wales, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.