PART 6Legal proceedings, liability and validity of acts
Power to prosecute or defend legal proceedings20.
In section 222 of the 1972 Act (power of local authorities to prosecute or defend legal proceedings)—
(a)
in subsection (2), after “Common Council” insert “, a corporate joint committee”
;
(b)
after that subsection insert—
“(3)
In the application of subsection (1) to a corporate joint committee, the reference to the corporate joint committee’s area is to be read as a reference to the area specified as the corporate joint committee’s area in regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 establishing the corporate joint committee.”