PART 5A

FUNCTIONS RELATING TO PAYMENTS AND PENSIONS

Remuneration of authority members

Relevant authorities, members etc.
69C
1
This section applies for the purposes of this Part.
2
An authority is a relevant authority if it is—
a
a local authority;
b
a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
c
a Welsh fire and rescue authority, that is an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act
2004 (c. 21)
or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;
d
a corporate joint committee;
e
a body specified as a relevant authority in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.
3
A reference to a description of a relevant authority is to be read with subsection (2).
4
“
Member
”, in relation to a relevant authority, includes—
a
an elected mayor of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000),
b
an elected executive member of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(4) of that Act),
c
a co-opted member of the authority, and
d
a person who is a member of a sub-committee of a corporate joint committee and is entitled to vote on any question to be decided by that sub-committee.
5
“
Co-opted member
”, in relation to a relevant authority other than a corporate joint committee, means a person who is not a member of the authority (except by virtue of subsection (4)) but—
a
is a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority or is a member of, and represents the authority on, a joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority, and
b
is entitled to vote on questions for decision at meetings of that committee or sub-committee.
6
A body may only be specified as a relevant authority in regulations under subsection (2)(e) if—
a
the Welsh Ministers exercise functions in respect of it,
b
it exercises a function conferred by a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or a function that could be conferred by an Act of Senedd Cymru (including a function that could be conferred only with the consent of a Minister of the Crown), and
c
its membership includes at least one member of an authority described in subsection (2)(a) to (d).
7
Sections 69A(4), 69B, 69E(4)(d) and 69O do not apply in relation to a relevant authority described in subsection (2)(d) or (e).
8
In this section “
corporate joint committee
” means a committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)
.
Pt. 5A inserted (1.4.2025) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 57(2), 72(4); S.I. 2024/1337, art. 3(c)