The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

Brecon Beacons and Pembrokeshire Coast member E+W

8.—(1) The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority must appoint an office-holder mentioned in paragraph (3) as a member of the South West Wales CJC (“the Brecon Beacons member”).

(2) The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority must appoint an office-holder mentioned in paragraph (3) as a member of the South West Wales CJC (“the Pembrokeshire Coast member”).

(3) The office-holders who are eligible to be the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast 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.

[F1 (3A) The Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member, as the case may be, may act as a member only in relation to—

(a) the functions conferred on the South West Wales CJC under regulation 13;

(b) any function of the South West Wales CJC that is ancillary or incidental to those functions.

(3B) But the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member, as the case may be, may also act as a member in relation to any other function of the South West Wales CJC if—

(a) the council members and the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member (as the case may be) agree [F2 unanimously], or

(b) the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member (as the case may be) is permitted, or required, to act in relation to that function by virtue of express provision in these Regulations or any other enactment.

(3C) An agreement under paragraph (3B)(a) must specify the terms on which the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member (as the case may be) may act in relation to the function concerned, including specifying the period for which the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member are to act.]

[F3 (4) Where a person who is the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member under paragraph (1) or (2) (“P”) is suspended or is unable to act as a member for any period, the Authority may appoint another of the office-holders mentioned in paragraph (3) as a substitute member of the South West Wales CJC for that period.

(5) For the purposes of these Regulations (other than this regulation), and any other enactment, a substitute member appointed under paragraph (4) is to be treated as the Brecon Beacons member or the Pembrokeshire Coast member (as the case may be) of the South West Wales CJC.

(6) But the substitute member is not entitled to vote, or otherwise act as a member, in relation to the discharge of any function of the South West Wales CJC in relation to which P is able to vote or act.

(7) In this regulation—

“suspended” (“wedi ei atal dros dro”) means—

(i)

suspended or partially suspended under Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 as a member of the South West Wales CJC, or

(ii)

partially suspended under Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 as a member of the National Park Authority of which P is also a member;

“the Authority” (“yr Awdurdod”) means the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority or the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, as the case may be.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 8(3A)-(3C) inserted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 37(5)(a)

F2 Word in reg. 8(3B)(a) inserted (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 43(4)

F3 Reg. 8(4)-(7) substituted for reg. 8(4)(5) (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 8(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)