Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023

7 Meetings, procedures and administrative support

(1) The SPC must meet at least 3 times in each 12 month period beginning with the day after the First Minister has made all the initial appointments mentioned in section 2.

(2) Where possible, the First Minister must chair the SPC’s meetings.

(3) Where it is not possible for the First Minister to chair a meeting, the meeting must be chaired by a Welsh Minister or Deputy Welsh Minister nominated by the First Minister.

(4) Within 6 months beginning with the day after this subsection comes into force, the Welsh Ministers must specify and publish—

(a) the quorum for SPC meetings, and

(b) the procedures to be followed by the SPC, in so far as they are not specified in this Act.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may, after consulting the SPC, revise anything specified under subsection (4) and must publish any such revisions.

(6) The SPC’s procedures must include—

(a) the procedures for arranging meetings including notice to be given to attendees and how attendees may add items to the agenda for meetings;

(b) the procedure for resolving a disagreement between members relating to the exercise of the SPC’s functions;

(c) the procedures for providing information and advice to the Welsh Ministers.

(7) The Welsh Ministers must make administrative support available to the SPC.