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14E+WIn section 100J of the 1972 Act (application to other authorities etc.), after subsection (4AA) insert—

(4AB)References to a principal council in Wales in this Part include—

(a)a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

(b)a fire and rescue authority for an area in Wales;

(c)a joint board or joint committee which falls within subsection (2) and which discharges functions of two or more principal councils in Wales.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 14 in force at 1.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/354, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

15E+WIn section 100K of the 1972 Act (interpretation and application of Part 5A), after subsection (1) insert—

(1A)In this Part references to a meeting of a principal council in Wales held through remote means are to a meeting held by means of any equipment or other facility which enables persons who are not in the same place to speak to and be heard by each other (whether or not the equipment or facility enables those persons to see and be seen by each other).

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 4 para. 15 in force at 1.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/354, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

16E+WIn section 270 of the 1972 Act (interpretation), after subsection (1) insert—

(1A)A requirement to publish a notice or document electronically, imposed by—

(a)this Act on a local authority in Wales, or

(b)Part 5A on a body or authority in Wales (other than a principal council),

is, where such an authority has its own website, a requirement to publish on that website.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 4 para. 16 in force at 1.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/354, art. 2(c)

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