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14.Change of electoral cycle for principal councils from four years to five years
15.Change of electoral cycle for community councils from four years to five years
16.Change of electoral cycle for elected mayors from four years to five years
17.Extension of power to change ordinary day of local elections in Wales
PART 3 PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
PART 4 LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
PART 5 COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
CHAPTER 3 ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES where request has been made
CHAPTER 4 ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES WHERE NO REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE
CHAPTER 5 FURTHER PROVISION RELATING TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES AND JOINT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS
Amendment and revocation of joint committee regulations
78.Application by principal councils to amend or revoke joint committee regulations
81.Conditions to be met before amending joint committee regulations: application required from principal councils
82.Conditions to be met before amending or revoking joint committee regulations: no application required from principal councils
Supplementary etc. provision in and in relation to joint committee regulations
Functions of and relating to corporate joint committees and principal councils
PART 6 PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 1 PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION : PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
Special inspections by Auditor General for Wales
95.Power of Auditor General to carry out a special inspection
96.Duty of principal council to respond to Auditor General's recommendations
97.Duty of the Welsh Ministers to respond to Auditor General's recommendations
99.Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.: notice and evidence of identity
100.Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.: offences
CHAPTER 1A PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION: CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 2 GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEES: MEMBERSHIP AND PROCEEDINGS
PART 7 MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 1 VOLUNTARY MERGERS OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 2 RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 4 REMUNERATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 1: elections
Notice of local authority meetings, access to documents and attendance at meetings
PART 1 Notice of local authority meetings and access to documents
Copies and publication of documents relating to meetings of local authorities
Electronic service of summonses on members to attend local authority meetings
Notices of community council committee and sub-committee meetings to be published
PART 2 Attendance at local authority meetings: consequential amendments
Consequential amendments relating to chief executives
Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
5.The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 is amended as...
6.In section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers...
7.In section 2 (politically restricted posts)— (a) after subsection (1)...
9.In section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer)—
10.In section 5A(5) (consultation by monitoring officer on reports where...
11.In section 21 (interpretation of Part 1), in subsection (3)...
Consequential amendments etc. relating to assistants to local authority executives
Conduct of local government members: investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
2.In section 69 (investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for...
3.After section 69 of the 2000 Act insert— Possible conflict...
4.In section 70 (investigations: further provisions)— (a) omit subsections (1)...
5.For section 74 (law of defamation) substitute— Law of defamation...
6.In section 106(7) (Wales: orders and regulations), before “may not”...
Amendments related to Corporate Joint Committees
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)
1.The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 is amended as...
2.In section 38(4) (development plan), for paragraph (b) substitute—
3.Omit sections 60D to 60J (strategic planning panels and strategic...
4.Before the cross-heading which precedes section 61 insert— Strategic planning...
5.In section 62 (local development plan)— (a) in subsection (3A),...
6.In section 68A (duty to consider whether to review local...
7.In section 113 (validity of strategies, plans and documents)—
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)
24.In section 83 (making of simplified planning zone schemes), in...
25.In section 293A (urgent Crown development: application for planning permission),...
26.(1) Section 303A (responsibility of local planning authorities for costs...
27.In section 306 (contributions by local authorities and statutory undertakers),...
28.In section 324 (rights of entry)— (a) subsection (1B) (as...
Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1)
PART 2 Repeal of power to establish joint transport authorities
Consequential amendments relating to renaming of principal council audit committees
Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
3.In section 81 (local authorities to appoint audit committees)—
4.In section 82 (membership)— (a) in subsection (1), after “of...
6.In section 84 (frequency of meetings)— (a) in subsection (1),...
8.In section 86 (termination of membership)— (a) in subsection (1),...
9.In section 87 (interpretation etc.), in subsection (2) omit the...
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 1 OF PART 6 TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
Corporate joint committee to consult local people etc. on performance
Response by corporate joint committee to Auditor General’s recommendations
Response by the Welsh Ministers to Auditor General’s recommendations
Auditor General’s powers of entry and inspection etc.: notice and evidence of identity
Direction to co-operate with provision of support and assistance
Transition committees of merging councils and restructuring councils
Restraints on transactions and recruitment etc. by merging councils and restructuring councils
Abolition of polls consequent on community meetings under the 1972 Act
Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
2.Omit sections 33B and 33C (principal council's response to a...
3.In section 150(7) (expenses of polls)— (a) omit, in the...
4.In section 243(3) (computation of time)— (a) omit “or community”;...
5.In Schedule 12, omit paragraphs 26A and 29A (response by...
6.(1) In Schedule 12, paragraph 34 (the making of decisions...
7.In paragraph 37 of Schedule 12 (lending of ballot boxes...
8.In paragraph 38 of Schedule 12 (offences) for “poll consequent...
9.In Schedule 12, omit paragraphs 38A and 38B (notification of...
Consequential amendments relating to merger and demerger of public services boards
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