The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020

PART 1 E+W General

Title, extent and application, and commencement E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations—

(a) extend to England and Wales;

(b) apply in relation to Wales.

(3) These Regulations come into force on 22 April 2020.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 22.4.2020, see reg. 1(3)

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1972 Act” (“Deddf 1972”) means the Local Government Act 1972 M1 ;

“enactment” (“deddfiad”) means an enactment to the extent it contains provision which would be within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales if it were contained in an Act of the Assembly;

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means—

(a)

a principal council;

(b)

an executive of a principal council (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000);

(c)

a community council;

(d)

a joint board for an area in Wales, continued in being by virtue of section 263(1) of the 1972 Act;

(e)

a port health authority for a port health district in Wales, constituted under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M2 ;

(f)

a fire and rescue authority for an area in Wales, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M3 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(g)

a National Park authority;

(h)

a joint committee of two or more of the bodies mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g);

(i)

a committee or sub-committee of any of the bodies mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (h);

“National Park authority” (“awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol”) means a National Park authority for an area in Wales, established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 M4 ;

“principal council” (“prif gyngor”) means a council for a county or county borough in Wales.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 22.4.2020, see reg. 1(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 c. 70.

M2 1984 c. 22.

M3 2004 c. 21.

M4 1995 c. 25.

Interaction with standing orders etc. E+W

3.—(1) The provision made in these Regulations applies regardless of any provision contained in the standing orders, executive arrangements or any other rules of a local authority.

(2) To the extent that any provision in standing orders, executive arrangements or other rules of a local authority is incompatible with any provision in these Regulations, it has no effect while the provision in these Regulations has effect.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 22.4.2020, see reg. 1(3)

Publishing electronically E+W

4.  A requirement imposed by virtue of these Regulations to publish a notice or document electronically is, if the body on whom the requirement is imposed has its own website, a requirement to publish on that website.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 22.4.2020, see reg. 1(3)