1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Title and coming into force

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Executive officers

    1. Chief executive officer

      1. 3.Duty to appoint chief executive officer

      2. 4.The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales

    2. Chief finance officer

      1. 5.Duty to appoint chief finance officer

      2. 6.Reporting functions of chief finance officer

    3. Monitoring officer

      1. 7.Designation and reports of monitoring officer

      2. 8.Support and advice functions of monitoring officer

  4. PART 3 General provisions in relation to staff

    1. 9.References to “proper officer” in the 1972 Act and other enactments

    2. 10.Disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff

    3. 11.Duty to adopt standing orders with respect to staff.

    4. 12.Pay accountability

  5. PART 4 Functions

    1. 13.Discharge of functions by other persons

    2. Sub-committees

      1. 14.Sub-committees

  6. PART 5 Meetings and proceedings

    1. 15.Validity of proceedings

    2. 16.Location of meetings and admission of public and press

    3. 17.Notice of meetings and summons to attend

    4. 18.Access to agenda and connected reports

    5. 19.Minutes

    6. 20.Publication of minutes and other documents after meetings

    7. 21.Publication of background papers

    8. 22.Application to meetings of sub-committees

    9. 23.Additional rights of access to documents for members of corporate joint committees and members of principal councils etc.

    10. 24.Publication of additional information

    11. 25.Supplemental provisions

    12. 26.Exempt information

    13. 27.Electronic broadcasts of meetings

    14. 28.Remote attendance at meetings

    15. 29.Publicity for meetings to consider reports or recommendations from the Auditor General for Wales

    16. 30.Interpretation

  7. PART 6 Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

    1. Petition schemes

      1. 31.Petition schemes

      2. 32.Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making

    2. Merger applications

      1. 33.Consultation before merger applications made by principal councils

    3. Miscellaneous amendments to the establishment Regulations

      1. 34.The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

      2. 35.The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

      3. 36.The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

      4. 37.The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021

      5. 38.Local Government Act 1972

      6. 39.Local Government Finance Act 1988

      7. 40.Local Government and Housing Act 1989

      8. 41.Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

      9. 42.The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

      10. 43.The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2021

  8. Signature

  9. Explanatory Note