Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc1)

PART 4 E+W LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Entitlement of members to job-share and to family absence E+W

60 Job-sharing: non-executive offices in principal councils E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for the purpose of facilitating or enabling the sharing of a principal council office.

(2) For the purposes of this section, “principal council office” means—

(a) chair of a principal council (see section 22 of the 1972 Act);

(b) vice-chair of a principal council (see section 24 of that Act);

(c) presiding member of a principal council (see section 24A of that Act);

(d) deputy presiding member of a principal council (see section 24B of that Act);

(e) chair of a committee or sub-committee of a principal council;

(f) vice-chair or deputy chair of a committee or sub-committee of a principal council;

(g) deputy mayor in a mayor and cabinet executive (see Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (executive arrangements)).

(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) require principal councils to facilitate or enable the sharing of a principal council office (including by way of amending standing orders and other instruments);

(b) make provision about the appointment, election or nomination of a person to share a principal council office;

(c) make provision about the exercise of the functions of a principal council office which is shared;

(d) make provision about voting and quorum where a principal council office is shared.

(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may amend, modify, apply (with or without modifications), disapply, repeal or revoke any enactment.

(5) A principal council must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of regulations made under subsection (1).

(6) In subsection (2), a reference to a committee or sub-committee includes a reference to a joint committee, or a sub-committee of a joint committee.

61 Family absence for members of local authorities E+W

(1) The 2011 Measure is amended as follows.

(2) In section 24 (maternity absence)—

(a) for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) Regulations must include provision for determining—

(a) the extent of a member's entitlement to maternity absence in respect of a child;

(b) when maternity absence may be taken.”;

(b) omit subsections (3) and (4).

(3) In section 25 (newborn absence), omit—

(a) subsection (4);

(b) subsection (6);

(c) subsection (9);

(d) in subsection (10), the definition of “week”.

(4) In section 26 (adopter's absence), omit subsection (3).

(5) In section 27 (new adoption absence) omit—

(a) subsection (4);

(b) subsection (6);

(c) subsections (9) and (10).

(6) In section 28 (parental absence), omit subsection (4).