Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

53 Overview

This Part makes provision—

(a) requiring a principal council to appoint a chief executive (rather than designate a head of paid service), whose functions will include duties imposed under this Part;

(b) about the remuneration of chief executives;

(c) for the appointment of assistants to executives of principal councils;

(d) about job-sharing of certain offices in principal councils;

(e) for issuing guidance, including to elected mayors and executive leaders, on equality and diversity;

(f) about the entitlement of members of local authorities to various kinds of family absence;

(g) requiring leaders of political groups to take steps to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members of their groups, and to co-operate with standards committees;

(h) requiring standards committees to produce annual reports on the exercise of their functions;

(i) amending the 2000 Act and other Acts to make provision about investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales into the conduct of members of local government;

(j) about the provision of certain information to overview and scrutiny committees;

(k) enabling the Welsh Ministers to require local authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees;

(l) requiring community councils to make training plans.