Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 Explanatory Notes

Section 83 – Supplementary etc. provision in certain regulations under this Part.

428.Subsection (1) provides that joint committee regulations and regulations under section 80 (subsections (1) or (7)) may include supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision.

429.Subsection (2) enables the Welsh Ministers to make separate regulations containing supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional or saving provision, applying in relation to all corporate joint committees, a particular corporate joint committee or corporate joint committees falling within a particular description. The Welsh Ministers may also use the power under this subsection to impose prohibitions, restrictions or other limitations on the exercise of the economic well-being function (see section 76).

430.Subsection (5) sets out examples of supplementary, incidental etc. provision which may be included in joint committee regulations, regulations under section 80, regulations under subsection (2) and regulations under subsection (7).

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