Deddf Llywodraeth Leol ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2021

Deddf Llywodraeth Leol 2000 (p. 22)

5 (1) Mae Atodlen 1 (trefniadau gweithrediaeth) wedi ei diwygio fel a ganlyn.

(2) Ym mharagraff 1(2), ar ôl “section 11(8)” mewnosoder “and (8ZA)”.

(3) Ym mharagraff 2—

(a) ar ôl is-baragraff (2) mewnosoder—

“(2A) The executive arrangements must include provision under which two or more councillors may be elected by the authority to share office as executive leader; and references in any enactment to an executive leader include executive leaders elected by virtue of that provision.”;

(b) yn is-baragraff (3), ar ôl “section 11(8)” mewnosoder “and (8ZA)”.

(4) Ar ôl paragraff 2 mewnosoder—

“Appointment of councillors to executive to share the same position

2A Executive arrangements by a local authority must include provision under which two or more councillors may be appointed to the executive to share office.

Voting and quorum where members of executive share their position

2B (1) This paragraph applies where two or more councillors of a local authority are—

(a) appointed to a mayor and cabinet executive to share office,

(b) appointed to a leader and cabinet executive (Wales) to share office, or

(c) elected to share office as executive leader of a leader and cabinet executive (Wales).

(2) The members of the executive who share the same office have between them one vote in respect of any matter on which they have a right to vote because they are a member of the executive.

(3) Where any meeting is attended by more than one of the members who share the same office and those members are attending in their capacity as a member of the executive, they together count only as one person for the purpose of determining whether the meeting is quorate.”