Welsh Statutory Instruments
Local Government, Wales
Made
16 February 2022
Coming into force
18 February 2022
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 80(1) and 174 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021(1), make the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 80(2)(c) and section 82(2) and (3)(a) and (d) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such persons as they consider appropriate on a draft of these Regulations, and have given notice of their intention to make the Regulations to the principal councils in the area of the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee and to the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee.
A draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru in accordance with section 174(4) and (5) of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 18 February 2022.
2.—(1) The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(3) (commencement of provisions conferring certain functions on the corporate joint committee)—
(a)for “28 February” substitute “30 June”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (d) omit “11,”.
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
16 February 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021 (“the South East Wales Establishment Regulations”), to postpone the date on which certain functions will be conferred on the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee.
The South East Wales Establishment Regulations were made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (“the 2021 Act”) and established the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee.
The South East Wales Establishment Regulations also conferred the following functions on the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee with effect from 28 February 2022 (the commencement date for most of the remainder of those Regulations being 1 April 2021)—
the economic well-being function (as to which, see section 76 of the 2021 Act);
developing transport policies under Part 2 of the Transport Act 2000;
the preparation of a strategic development plan (as to which, see Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004).
These Regulations amend the South East Wales Establishment Regulations so that the functions mentioned above will be conferred on the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee with effect from 30 June 2022, instead of from 28 February 2022.
These Regulations also omit from regulation 1(3)(d) of the South East Wales Establishment Regulations the reference to regulation 11 of those Regulations, in consequence of the substitution of regulation 15 of those Regulations by regulation 36(7) of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021. Regulation 15 now contains a disapplication of the power to delegate functions rather than a power to delegate (as to the latter, see regulation 13 of the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021, which came into force on 3 December 2021).
A regulatory impact assessment was prepared at the time of making the South East Wales Establishment Regulations and a copy can be obtained from the Local Government Strategic Finance Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
S.I. 2021/343 (W. 97). Those Regulations were amended by the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349 (W. 348)) which, among other amendments, substituted regulation 15 (delegation of functions).