After section 37(4) of the 2000 Act (local authority constitution) insert—

“(5)

This section applies to a corporate joint committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 as it applies to a local authority which are operating executive arrangements and in that application—

(a)

references to a “local authority” or “authority” are to be read as references to a corporate joint committee;

(b)

subsection (2) is to be treated as if it were omitted;

(c)

the references in subsection (4) to “members and co-opted members” are to be read as references to members of a corporate joint committee.”