PART 4LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Executives of principal councils

I157Appointment of assistants to executive

1

Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (executive arrangements in Wales: further provision) is amended as follows.

2

Before paragraph 4 insert—

3AAssistants to the executive

1

Executive arrangements by a local authority may make provision for councillors of the authority to be appointed to assist the executive in discharging functions which are the responsibility of the executive.

2

Such a councillor is referred to in this Schedule as an assistant to the executive of the authority.

3

Assistants to the executive of an authority are to be appointed—

a

in the case of an authority operating a mayor and cabinet executive, by the elected mayor;

b

in the case of an authority operating a leader and cabinet executive (Wales), by the executive leader or the authority.

4

Executive arrangements which make provision for the appointment of assistants to an executive may include provision about—

a

the number of assistants that may be appointed,

b

their term of office, and

c

their responsibilities.

5

The assistants to the executive of a local authority may not include—

a

the chairman and vice-chairman of the authority;

b

the presiding member and deputy presiding member of the authority (if the authority has a presiding member).

6

An assistant to the executive of an authority is not a member of the executive of the authority.

7

Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to a local authority's function of making appointments under sub-paragraph (3)(b).

3

In paragraph 5—

a

at the beginning insert—

1

An assistant to the executive of a local authority is entitled to attend, and speak at, any meeting of the executive or of a committee of the executive.

2

b

for “not a member of the authority's executive” substitute “ neither a member of the authority's executive nor an assistant to the executive ”.

4

Schedule 6 to this Act makes consequential amendments.