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PART 5 E+WCOLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

CHAPTER 5E+WFURTHER PROVISION RELATING TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES AND JOINT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS

Functions of and relating to corporate joint committees and principal councilsE+W

85Requirement to provide information etc.E+W

The Welsh Ministers may direct a principal council, a National Park authority or a corporate joint committee to provide the Welsh Ministers with any information or documents the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate—

(a)for the purposes of considering whether to make regulations under this Part;

(b)for the purposes of giving effect to such regulations;

(c)otherwise in connection with such regulations.

86GuidanceE+W

(1)Principal councils and corporate joint committees must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of Chapters 3 and 4 and this Chapter.

(2)A National Park authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of Chapter 4 and this Chapter.

87Exercise by principal councils of functions under this PartE+W

(1)Section 101 of the 1972 Act (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to the functions set out in subsection (4).

(2)The functions set out in subsection (4) are not to be the responsibility of an executive of a principal council under executive arrangements.

(3)An elected mayor is to be treated as a councillor of a principal council for the purposes of the functions set out in subsection (4).

(4)The functions are—

(a)making a joint committee application;

(b)giving consent under section 73(4) to joint committee regulations being made;

(c)making an application under section 78 to amend or revoke joint committee regulations;

(d)giving consent under section 81(4) to joint committee regulations being amended.