The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Job-sharing and Assistants to the Executive) Regulations 2022

Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

2.—(1) The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 12 (membership of democratic services committee)—

(a) in subsection (2)(b), after “authority’s executive” insert “(but see subsection (6))”;

(b) after subsection (5) insert—

“(6) If two or more members of a local authority are appointed to the executive to share office, more than one of those members may be appointed to its democratic services committee (and if they are so appointed, together they count as one executive member for the purposes of subsection (2)(b)).”

(3) In section 14 (proceedings of a democratic services committee), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) If two or more members of a democratic services committee are members of the executive who share office, those members have between them one vote for the purposes of subsection (4).”

(4) In section 15 (frequency of meetings of a democratic services committee), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) If two or more members of a democratic services committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of subsection (2)(b).”

(5) In section 82 (membership of governance and audit committee)—

(a) in subsection (2)(c), after “authority’s executive” insert “(but see subsection (8))”;

(b) after subsection (7) insert—

“(8) If two or more members of a local authority are appointed to the executive to share office, more than one of those members may be appointed to its governance and audit committee (and if they are so appointed, together they count as one executive member for the purposes of subsection (2)(c)).”

(6) In section 83 (proceedings of a governance and audit committee), after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) If two or more members of a governance and audit committee are members of the executive who share office, those members have between them one vote for the purposes of subsection (3).”

(7) In section 84 (frequency of meetings of a governance and audit committee), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) If two or more members of a governance and audit committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of subsection (2)(b).”

(1)

2011 nawm 4; sections 12 and 82 were amended by the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, Schedule 6, paragraph 6 and Schedule 10, paragraph 4.