Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023

2 Membership of the Social Partnership Council for Wales

(1) The SPC is to consist of the following members—

(a) members from the Welsh Government (“Welsh Government members”),

(b) 9 representatives of employers in Wales (“employer representatives”), and

(c) 9 representatives of workers in Wales (“worker representatives”).

(2) The Welsh Government members are to include the First Minister and, where invited by the First Minister from time to time—

(a) any other Welsh Minister;

(b) any Deputy Welsh Minister;

(c) the Counsel General;

(d) any member of staff of the Welsh Government.

(3) The First Minister must appoint all the employer representatives and worker representatives (collectively, “appointed members”).

(4) The First Minister must take all reasonable steps to appoint the initial 9 employer representatives and the initial 9 worker representatives within 6 months beginning with the day after this subsection comes into force.

(5) In this Act, a reference to the “Social Partnership Council for Wales” or “SPC” is a reference to the members of the SPC acting jointly; accordingly, a function expressed as a function of the SPC is a function of each member that may only be exercised jointly with the other members.