17.—(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act (meetings of principal councils) has effect in relation to a meeting held before 1 May 2021 as if—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2)—
(i)in paragraph (a), for “and place of the intended meeting shall be published at the council’s offices”, there were substituted “of the meeting and, if the meeting is to be open to the public, how to access the meeting, must be published electronically”;
(ii)in paragraph (a), for “be signed by those members” there were substituted “set out the names of those members”;
(iii)in paragraph (b), for “signed by the proper officer of the council” there were substituted “authenticated by the proper officer of the council in such manner as the proper officer considers appropriate”;
(iv)for the words from “shall” to the end of paragraph (b) there were substituted
“must be sent to every member of the council by—
(a)sending it by post to the member’s place of residence, or
(b)sending it electronically.”;
(b)sub-paragraph (3) were omitted.
(2) Paragraph 26(2)(1) of Schedule 12 (meetings of community councils) has effect in relation to a meeting held before 1 May 2021 as if—
(a)in paragraph (a)—
(i)for “and place of the intended meeting shall be published electronically and fixed in some conspicuous place in the community”, there were substituted “of the meeting and, if the meeting is to be open to the public, how to access the meeting, must be published electronically”;
(ii)for “be signed by those members” there were substituted “set out the names of those members”;
(b)in paragraph (b)—
(i)for “signed by the proper officer of the council” there were substituted “authenticated by the proper officer of the council in such manner as the proper officer considers appropriate”;
(ii)for the words from “shall” to the end of that paragraph there were substituted
“must be sent to every member of the council by—
(a)sending it by post to the member’s place of residence, or
(b)sending it electronically.”
Paragraph 26(2) was amended by section 57 of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4).