The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Members of joint committees

20.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, every person appointed to a joint committee in accordance with regulation 19 above by a relevant body must be a member of the local authority, and the political balance requirements shall not apply to the appointment of such members.

(2) Where—

(a) the joint committee has functions in respect of part only of the area of one of the local authorities concerned;

(b) those functions are the responsibility of the Board of that authority; and

(c) the population of that part, as estimated by the authority, does not exceed fifteen percent of the total population of the area of the authority as so estimated,

the representatives of that authority on the joint committee may include any members of that authority who have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are wholly or partly within that part of the authority’s area, and the political balance requirements shall not apply to the appointment of those members.

(4) Where the joint committee has functions in respect of part of the area of one of the local authorities concerned and the representatives of that authority on that committee are appointed by the authority, the political balance requirements shall not apply to the appointment of those representatives but those representatives must be members of that local authority who have been elected for electoral divisions or wards which are wholly or partly within that part of the authority’s area.