Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

9 E+W In section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer)—

(a) in subsection (1B)—

(i) omit “and Wales”;

(ii) omit paragraph (b);

(b) after subsection (1B) insert—

“(1BA) The officer designated under subsection (1)(a) above by a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales may not be the authority's chief executive.”;

[F1 (c) for subsection (3)(a) substitute—

“(a) in preparing a report under this section to consult so far as practicable with—

(i) in the case of a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales, the person who is for the time being the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(ii) in the case of a relevant authority which is a corporate joint committee, the person who is for the time being appointed as the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(iii) in the case of any other relevant authority, the person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 above and with their chief finance officer;”]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 para. 9(c) substituted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 42(3)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 9 in force at 5.5.2022 by S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(s)