The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Other appointments and elections required to take place at meetings E+W

14.—(1) In this regulation—

“relevant meeting” (“cyfarfod perthnasol”) means a meeting of a local authority to be held before 1 May 2021;

“relevant office” (“swydd berthnasol”) means an office to which a person is appointed or elected at a relevant meeting, other than the offices of—

(a)

chair and vice-chair of a principal council;

(b)

chair and vice-chair of a community council;

(c)

chair and deputy chair of a National Park authority;

(d)

chair of Swansea Bay Port Health Authority.

(2) Any requirement imposed by any enactment or other instrument to appoint or elect a person to a relevant office at a relevant meeting, other than a requirement to fill a vacancy in that office, is to be treated as a power to appoint or elect a person to that office at any relevant meeting.

(3) The term of office of a person holding a relevant office immediately before these Regulations come into force continues until immediately before that person's successor assumes office, despite any provision to the contrary in any enactment or other instrument, other than provision relating to vacating office before the end of the term of office.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 14 in force at 22.4.2020, see reg. 1(3)