SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Executive arrangements F1in Wales: further provision
F2Assistants to the executive
Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 57(2), 175(7); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(j)
3A
1
Executive arrangements by a local authority may make provision for councillors of the authority to be appointed to assist the executive in discharging functions which are the responsibility of the executive.
2
Such a councillor is referred to in this Schedule as an assistant to the executive of the authority.
3
Assistants to the executive of an authority are to be appointed—
a
in the case of an authority operating a mayor and cabinet executive, by the elected mayor;
b
in the case of an authority operating a leader and cabinet executive (Wales), by the executive leader or the authority.
4
Executive arrangements which make provision for the appointment of assistants to an executive may include provision about—
a
the number of assistants that may be appointed,
b
their term of office, and
c
their responsibilities.
5
The assistants to the executive of a local authority may not include—
a
the chairman and vice-chairman of the authority;
b
the presiding member and deputy presiding member of the authority (if the authority has a presiding member).
6
An assistant to the executive of an authority is not a member of the executive of the authority.
7
Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to a local authority's function of making appointments under sub-paragraph (3)(b).
Words in Sch. 1 heading inserted (4.5.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 3 para. 72(1)(2); S.I. 2012/1008, art. 4(b)