(1)Expressions used in this Chapter and in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (or in an instrument made under that Part of that Act) have the same meanings in this Chapter as in that Part of that Act (or in that instrument).
(2)In this Chapter—
“audit committee” (“pwyllgor archwilio”) has the meaning given in section 81;
“lay member” (“aelod lleyg”) means a person who is not a member of a local authority;
“senior member of a local authority” (“aelod hŷn awdurdod lleol”) means—
in the case of a local authority which operates a leader and cabinet executive (Wales), the executive leader;
in the case of a local authority which operates a mayor and cabinet executive, the mayor.
(3)In the application of this Chapter to a local authority which operates alternative arrangements—
(a)a reference to the executive of the authority is a reference to the board of the authority, and
(b)a reference to the senior member of the authority is a reference to the chair of the board of the authority.