PART 3Amendments to secondary legislation
Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 20013
1
The Standards Committee (Wales) Regulations 20013 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2, at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert—
“assistant to the executive” (“cynorthwyydd gweithrediaeth”) has the same meaning as in paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act;
3
In regulation 3, after paragraph (2) insert—
3
If two or more members of a standards committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2).
4
In regulation 5, after paragraph (2) insert—
3
If two or more members of a standards committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2).
5
In regulation 9—
a
in paragraph (1), for “not include more that one executive member from that authority.” substitute—
include no more than one of the following—
a
an executive member from that authority (but see paragraph (3)), or
b
an assistant to its executive.
b
in paragraph (2), for “not include more than one executive member from each constituent local authority.” substitute—
include no more than one of the following from each constituent local authority—
a
an executive member (but see paragraph (3)), or
b
an assistant to the executive.
c
after paragraph (2) insert—
3
If two or more members of a local authority are appointed to the executive to share office—
a
a standards committee may include more than one of those members, and if it does so, together they count as one executive member for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a);
b
a joint committee may include more than one of those members from a constituent local authority, and if it does so, those members together count as one executive member for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a).
6
In regulation 23, after paragraph (3) insert—
4
If two or more members of a standards committee are members of the executive who share office, those members have between them one vote for the purposes of paragraph (2).
7
In regulation 24, after paragraph (3) insert—
4
If two or more members of a standards committee are members of the executive who share office, those members together count only as one member of the committee for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2).