PART 3Amendments to secondary legislation
The Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 20017
1
The Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 200121 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2622 (applicable provisions of Part 5A of the Local Government Act 1972)—
a
in paragraph (1)(b) for “section 100B” substitute “section 100BA”;
b
after paragraph (1) insert—
1A
The duty of a standards committee, by virtue of paragraph (1), to publish any document electronically is a duty to publish the document on the website of the relevant authority (if that authority has one).
c
in paragraph (2) for “subsection (1) of section 100B” substitute “subsection (1) of section 100BA”;
d
in paragraph (2A)23—
i
in sub-paragraph (a)—
aa
for “section 100B” substitute “section 100BA”;
bb
after “publish” insert “electronically”;
ii
in sub-paragraph (d), after “publish” insert “electronically”;
e
omit paragraph (3);
f
for paragraph (4) substitute—
4
In subsections (1)(c) and (2A)(b) of section 100D, for “offices of the council” substitute “offices of the relevant authority
g
in paragraph (6), for “subsection (3) of section 100H” substitute “subsections (3), (3A) and (6A) of section 100H”24;
h
in paragraph (7), in the text inserted by sub-paragraph (a), at the end insert “and see section 100J(3YA), (3ZA)(b) and (3ZAA) above”25.
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In regulation 2726 (applicable provisions of Part 5A of the Local Government Act 1972)—
a
for paragraph (1) substitute—
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Where—
a
a local authority is required by virtue of section 100A of the 1972 Act, as modified by regulation 26, to publish electronically a notice relating to a meeting of its standards committee, and
b
one or more of the community councils situated in the local authority’s area have a website,
the local authority may, if it thinks fit, provide for the notice to be published on one or more of those websites (as well as on its own website).
b
for paragraph (2) substitute—
2
Where—
a
a local authority is required by virtue of section 100BA of the 1972 Act, as modified by regulation 26, to publish electronically agendas and reports for meetings of its standards committee, and
b
one or more the community councils situated in the local authority’s area have a website,
the local authority may, if it thinks fit, provide for the agendas or reports to be published on one or more of those websites (as well as on its own website).
c
for paragraph (3) substitute—
3
Where—
a
a local authority is required by virtue of section 100C of the 1972 Act, as modified by regulation 26, to publish electronically minutes of meetings of its standards committee or other documents relating to meetings of its standards committee, and
b
one or more the community councils situated in the local authority’s area have a website,
the local authority may, if it thinks fit, provide for those minutes and documents to be published on one or more those websites (as well as on its own website).