The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Executive arrangements- standing orders relating to staff

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of regulation 11, where a relevant authority operates executive arrangements under Part II of the 2000 Act, it must upon the coming into force of these Regulations:

(a) where a relevant authority’s executive takes the form specified in section 11(2) of the 2000 Act (mayor and cabinet executive), incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff(1) the provisions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 or provisions to the like effect;

(b) where its executive takes the form specified in section 11(3) of the 2000 Act (leader and cabinet executive), incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff the provisions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 3 or provisions to the like effect;

(c) where its executive takes the form specified in section 11(4) of the 2000 Act (mayor and council manager executive), incorporate in standing orders relating to its staff the provisions set out in Part 3 of Schedule 3 or provisions to the like effect; and

(d) modify any of its existing standing orders in so far as is necessary to conform with the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

(2) A relevant authority which has incorporated provisions in standing orders pursuant to paragraph (1) must, where it proposes to change its executive arrangements so that its executive will take a different form, make variations to its standing orders to the extent necessary to conform with the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph (1), as the case may be, on or before the date on which it starts to operate those changed executive arrangements.

(1)

See paragraph 42 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972.