The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

PART 3 Membership

Membership

6.—(1) The members of the South East Wales CJC are—

(a) the 10 council members, and

(b) the Brecon Beacons member.

(2) The members are entitled to vote in relation to any matter to be decided by the South East Wales CJC.

(3) But paragraph (2) applies to the Brecon Beacons member only to the extent that the matter to be decided is about strategic planning functions.

(4) References in these Regulations, and in any other enactment, to a member of the South East Wales CJC (however expressed) include the Brecon Beacons member to the extent described in paragraph (3), unless—

(a) express provision is made to the contrary, or

(b) the context requires otherwise.

Council members

7.—(1) In the case of each constituent council—

(a) the executive leader, where the constituent council operates a leader and cabinet executive;

(b) the elected mayor, where the constituent council operates a mayor and cabinet executive,

is the council member of the South East Wales CJC.

(2) Where a council member is, for any period, unable to discharge their functions, the constituent council of which they are a member must appoint another member of its executive to discharge those functions on behalf of the council member for that period.

(3) Where a constituent council has a vacancy in an office referred to in paragraph (1), the constituent council must appoint another member of its executive as the council member of the South East Wales CJC until such time as the vacancy is filled.

Brecon Beacons member

8.—(1) The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (“the Authority”) must appoint an office-holder mentioned in paragraph (2) as a member of the South East Wales CJC (“the Brecon Beacons member”).

(2) The office-holders who are eligible to be the Brecon Beacons member are—

(a) the chairman of the Authority,

(b) the deputy chairman of the Authority, or

(c) the chairperson of a committee with responsibility for planning matters as may be established by the Authority.

(3) Where the Brecon Beacons member is, for any period, unable to discharge their functions, the Authority must appoint one of the other office-holders mentioned in paragraph (2) to discharge those functions on behalf of the Brecon Beacons member for that period.

Co-opted participants

9.—(1) The members of the South East Wales CJC may co-opt such persons as they think appropriate—

(a) as members of a sub-committee of the South East Wales CJC;

(b) to participate in other activities of the South East Wales CJC.

(2) Where a person is co-opted under paragraph (1), the members must give a written notice of the co-option to the person.

(3) In these Regulations, a person co-opted under paragraph (1) is referred to as a “co-opted participant”.

(4) A co-opted participant is entitled to vote in relation only to such matters as the members may specify in the notice given under paragraph (2).

(5) A co-opted participant is co-opted—

(a) for a period specified by the members in the notice given under paragraph (2),

(b) until the co-option is terminated by the members by giving written notice to the co-opted participant, or

(c) until the co-opted participant resigns by giving written notice to the South East Wales CJC.

(6) Where a period is specified under paragraph (5)(a), the co-opted participant’s co-option may nevertheless be terminated by the members before the end of the period by giving written notice to the co-opted participant.

(7) The members of the South East Wales CJC may revise a co-option under paragraph (1) by giving a further written notice to the co-opted participant.

(8) A further notice may include revisions to—

(a) any entitlement to vote specified under paragraph (4);

(b) any period specified under paragraph (5)(a).

Job sharing

10.  Where an office referred to in—

(a) regulation 7(1), or

(b) regulation 8(2),

is shared by 2 or more persons, those persons are to be treated as if they were 1 person for the purposes of these Regulations.