1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2021.
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2021 Act” means the Local Government and Elections Act 2021 (asc 1);
“co-opted participant” means a person co-opted by the council members to participate in the activity of a corporate joint committee;
“corporate joint committee” means a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the 2021 Act;
“constituent council”, in relation to a corporate joint committee, means the principal council for a principal area in the area of the corporate joint committee;
“member” means a person appointed to a corporate joint committee in regulations made under Part 5 of the 2021 Act;
“principal area” has the meaning given by section 68 of the 2021 Act;
“principal council” has the meaning given in section 171(1) of the 2021 Act.
“senior executive member” has the meaning given by section 77(4) of the 2021 Act.
(2) References in these Regulations to the area of a corporate joint committee are references to the area comprising—
(a)the principal areas of the principal councils that made a joint committee application under section 72(1) of the 2021 Act, or
(b)the principal areas specified in regulations made under section 74(1) of that Act.
3. Schedule 1 makes provision about the standards of conduct that apply in relation to members, co-opted participants and employees of corporate joint committees.
4. Schedule 2 makes provision about the finance and accounts of corporate joint committees.
5. Schedule 3 contains amendments of other enactments related to the status of a corporate joint committee as a public body.
Julie James
Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
17 March 2021