The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

• “the 1972 Act” (“Deddf 1972”) means the Local Government Act 1972(1);

• “the 2000 Act”(“Deddf 2000”) means the Local Government Act 2000;

• “alternative arrangements” (“trefniadau amgen”) means arrangements by a local authority with respect to discharge of their functions which are arrangements in accordance with regulation 4;

• “area committee” (“pwyllgor ardal”) means a committee or sub-committee of a local authority—

  (i)

  established under regulation 4(2)(c) with delegated powers to exercise some or all of the functions in part A of Schedule 1; and

  (ii)

  which satisfies the following conditions:

  (a)

  the committee or sub-committee is established to discharge those functions referred to in paragraph (4) in respect of part of the area of the authority;

  (b)

  the members of the committee or sub-committee who are members of the authority are elected for electoral divisions or wards which fall wholly or partly within that part; and

  (c)

  the population of that part, as estimated by the authority, is not less than fifteen percent of the total population of the area of the authority as so estimated;

• “audit committee” (“pwyllgor archwilio”) means a committee of a local authority established under regulation 4(2)(d) which is established to exercise functions in accordance with regulation 5(7) and which is known as the audit committee or by such other title as the standing orders of the local authority may provide:

• “Board” (“Bwrdd”) means the committee of a local authority established under regulation 4(1)(a) which is established to exercise the functions mentioned in regulation 7 and which is known as the Board of the Council or by such other title as the standing orders of the local authority may provide;

• “licensing committee” (“pwyllgor trwyddedu”) means a committee of a local authority with delegated powers to exercise some or all of those functions listed in Schedule 1, which shall be known as the Licensing Committee or by such other title as the standing orders of the local authority may provide;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means (save where the context otherwise requires) a county council or a county borough council which is operating alternative arrangements;

• “planning committee” (“pwyllgor cynllunio”) means a committee of the authority with delegated power to exercise some or all of those functions in Schedule 1 which is known as the Planning Committee or by such other title as the standing orders of the local authority may provide;

• “political group” (“grwp gwleidyddol”) means a political group in accordance with regulation 8 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990(2);

• “principal scrutiny committee” (“prif bwyllgor craffu”) means a committee or sub-committee of the authority established under regulation 4(1)(b);

• “relevant body” (“corff perthnasol”) for the purposes of regulations 13 and 19, means a local authority or a Board;

• “scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor craffu”) means a committee or sub-committee of the authority established under regulation 4(1)(c).

(1)

1972. C.70.

(2)

S.I. 1990/1553.