Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)

2 In section 11 (executives)—

(a) after subsection (8) insert—

“(8ZA) But if two or more councillors are elected to share office as executive leader (by virtue of paragraph 2(2A) of Schedule 1) or are appointed to the executive to share office (by virtue of paragraph 2A of Schedule 1), the number of members of the executive may exceed 10 but not 13; and where the number of members of the executive is—

(a) 11 or 12, at least two of the members must have been elected or appointed to share office;

(b) 13, at least three of the members must have been elected or appointed to share office.”;

(b) in subsection (8A) for “subsection (8)” substitute “subsections (8) and (8ZA)”;

(c) for subsection (9) substitute—

“(9) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend subsections (8) and (8ZA) so as to provide for different maximum numbers of members of an executive to which those subsections apply; but the power under this subsection may not be exercised so as to provide—

(a) for a maximum number in subsection (8) which exceeds 10, or

(b) for a maximum number in subsection (8ZA) which exceeds 13.”