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Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Paragraph 2 - Membership of transition committees for merging councils

603.A transition committee is to be made up of an equal number of elected members of the merging councils, with a minimum number of 5 members per council. The senior executive member (that is, the executive leader, or directly elected mayor if the council has one) of each of the merging councils must be a member of the transition committee.

604.A merging council’s executive member responsible for finance (who may also be the executive leader) must also be appointed to the transition committee.

605.A transition committee may co-opt additional persons to serve as members on the committee, but co-optees do not have voting rights. A merging council’s membership of a transition committee must reflect the political balance of the merging council, in accordance with the requirements set out in Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act.

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