SCHEDULE 5Consequential amendments relating to chief executives

9Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

In section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer)—

a

in subsection (1B)—

i

omit “and Wales”;

ii

omit paragraph (b);

b

after subsection (1B) insert—

1BA

The officer designated under subsection (1)(a) above by a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales may not be the authority’s chief executive.

c

in subsection (3)(a), after “chief finance officer” insert “or, in the case of a council of a county or county borough in Wales, with the person who is for the time being the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer”.