Contracting out
12. The Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994(1) is amended as follows—
(a)in section 70 (functions of local authorities)(2)—
(i)after subsection (1ZB) insert—
“(1ZC) In its application to a local authority which is a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, subsection (1) has effect as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted—
“(b)which by virtue of regulation 13 of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 may be exercised by an officer of the authority;””;
(ii)after subsection (5) insert—
“(5A) In its application to a local authority which is a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, subsection (5) has effect as if the references to arrangements under section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 were references to arrangements under regulation 13 of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021.”;
(b)in section 79B (meaning of local authority: Wales)(3), after paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;”.
Section 70 has been amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), the Public Bodies Act 2011 (c. 24), the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) and S.I. 2002/808 (W. 89).
Section 79B has been amended by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), and the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).