Version Superseded: 03/05/2007
Point in time view as at 01/09/2006. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Government of Wales Act 1998, Paragraph 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
5(1)The Partnership Council must meet at least once a year.
(2)The first meeting of the Partnership Council after each ordinary election must be held within the period of six months beginning with the day on which the poll at the ordinary election is held.
(3)Subject to sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the procedure of the Partnership Council shall be regulated by standing orders made by the Assembly.
(4)The Assembly shall consult—
(a)local authorities in Wales, and
(b)associations of local authorities in Wales,
before making, or remaking or revising, the standing orders of the Partnership Council.
(5)The standing orders of the Partnership Council may provide for the Partnership Council to establish committees.
(6)The members of any committee established by the Partnership Council shall be elected by the Partnership Council from among its members so as to secure that the number of its members who were appointed to the Partnership Council under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 does not exceed the number who were so appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph.
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