Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Transition committees for merging councils or restructuring councils: further provisionE+W

7(1)The Welsh Ministers may direct a transition committee to exercise its functions in accordance with the direction.E+W

(2)Neither a governance and audit committee nor an overview and scrutiny committee of a merging council or restructuring council may exercise any of its functions in relation to anything done by a transition committee; and for this purpose—

  • “governance and audit committee” (“pwyllgor llywodraethu ac archwilio”) has the meaning given by section 81 of the 2011 Measure;

  • “overview and scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor trosolwg a chraffu”) has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the 2000 Act.

(3)In this Part of this Schedule—

(a)“transition committee” means a transition committee established in accordance with paragraph 1 or by virtue of paragraph 4;

(b)a reference to a merging council in relation to a transition committee is to a merging council by which the transition committee is established;

(c)a reference to a restructuring council in relation to a transition committee is to a restructuring council by which the transition committee is established.

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Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 11 para. 7(1) in force at 21.1.2021, see s. 175(1)(f)

I2Sch. 11 para. 7(2) in force at 21.1.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 175(1)(f)(2)(b)(ii)(7)

I3Sch. 11 para. 7(3)(a) in force at 21.1.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 175(1)(f)(2)(l)(ii)(7)

I4Sch. 11 para. 7(3)(b) in force at 21.1.2021, see s. 175(1)(f)(2)

I5Sch. 11 para. 7(4) in force at 21.1.2021, see s. 175(1)(f)(2)

I6Sch. 11 para. 7(2)(3)(a) in force at 1.4.2021 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2021/297, art. 2(i)

I7Sch. 11 para. 7(3)(c) in force at 1.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/297, art. 2(i)