PART 6

PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
CHAPTER 3

COORDINATION BETWEEN REGULATORS

“Relevant regulators” and “relevant functions”
120
1
For the purposes of section 119 the relevant functions of the Auditor General for Wales are—
a
auditing the accounts of a principal council under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c. 23);
b
undertaking a study under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 in relation to a principal council;
c
carrying out an examination of a principal council under section 15 of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2).
2
For the purposes of section 119, a relevant regulator is a person mentioned in the first column of table 1 and their relevant functions are the functions specified in the second column.
TABLE 1
Relevant regulators | Relevant functions
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales | Functions under section 38 of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) (inspection of education functions etc.)
The Welsh Ministers | Functions under section 149A and section 149B of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) (reviews etc. of the exercise of social services functions)
3
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend table 1 to—
a
add an entry;
b
amend an entry;
c
omit an entry.
4
Before making regulations under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers must consult—
a
such persons representing principal councils as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;
b
the Auditor General for Wales;
c
the person to whom a new or amended entry will relate.
S. 120 in force at 1.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/297, art. 2(c)
Words in Pt. 6 title inserted (15.7.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/797), regs. 1(2), 6(1)