The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff E+W

10.—(1) The 1989 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)—

(a) in subsection (1A)—

(i) the words from “holds the post” to the end become paragraph (a);

(ii) after that paragraph insert—

“(b) holds a politically restricted post under a corporate joint committee.”;

(b) after subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B) A person shall be disqualified from becoming or remaining a member of a corporate joint committee if that person holds a politically restricted post under any corporate joint committee or local authority in Great Britain.”;

(c) after subsection (11) insert—

“(12) Subsections (5) to (8) of this section apply to a corporate joint committee as they apply to a local authority in Wales.”

(3) In section 2 (politically restricted posts)—

(a) after subsection (1A) insert—

“(1B) For the purposes of this Part the following persons are to be regarded as holding politically restricted posts under a corporate joint committee—

(a) a person appointed as the chief executive of the corporate joint committee;

(b) a person described in subsection (1)(b) to (e);

(c) a person not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) whose post is for the time being specified by the corporate joint committee in—

(i) the list maintained in accordance with subsection (2) and any directions under section 3;

(ii) the list maintained in accordance with regulation 24(2) of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021.”;

(b) after subsection (10) insert—

“(10A) This section, other than subsection (1), applies in relation to a corporate joint committee as it applies in relation to a local authority in Wales.

(10B) In the application of subsection (2) to a corporate joint committee the reference to section 100G(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 is to be read as a reference to regulation 24(2) of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

(10C) In the application of subsection (4) to a corporate joint committee—

(a) the reference to two months is to be read as a reference to six months, and

(b) the reference to the coming into force of this section is to be read as a reference to—

(i) the coming into force of this subsection, or

(ii) the date on which the corporate joint committee is established,

whichever is the later.”

(4) In section 3 (grant and supervision of exemptions)—

(a) in subsection (5), in paragraph (b), after “Local Government Act 1972” insert “, regulation 24(2) of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021”;

(b) after subsection (8) insert—

“(9) In this section a reference to a local authority includes a reference to a corporate joint committee.”

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 10 in force at 6.5.2022, see reg. 1(3)(a)