In this Order—

• “co-opted member” (“aelod cyfetholedig”), in relation to a relevant authority, means a person who is not a member of the authority but who—

  1. (a)

     is a member of any committee or sub-committee of the authority, or

  2. (b)

     is a member of, and represents the authority on, any joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority,

  and who is entitled to vote on any question which falls to be decided at any meeting of that committee or sub-committee;

• “member” (“aelod”) includes a co-opted member; and

• “relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) means—

  1. (a)

     a county council,

  2. (b)

     a county borough council,

  3. (c)

     a community council,

  4. (ca)

     F1a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1),

  5. (d)

     F2a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, and

  6. (e)
     a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 19953.