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Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

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(1)In this Act—

  • “1972 Act” (“Deddf 1972”) means the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70);

  • “1983 Act” (“Deddf 1983”) means the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2);

  • “2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22);

  • “2009 Measure” (“Mesur 2009”) means the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2);

  • “2011 Measure” (“Mesur 2011”) means the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4);

  • “2013 Act” (“Deddf 2013”) means the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4);

  • “elected mayor” (“maer etholedig”) has the same meaning as in section 39(1) of the 2000 Act;

  • “enactment” (“deddfiad”) means an enactment whenever enacted or made (including this Act);

  • “executive” (“gweithrediaeth”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 11 of the 2000 Act;

  • “executive arrangements” (“trefniadau gweithrediaeth”) has the same meaning as in section 10 of the 2000 Act;

  • “executive leader” (“arweinydd gweithrediaeth”) has the same meaning as in section 11(3)(a) of the 2000 Act;

  • “fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub”) means a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

  • “leader and cabinet executive” (“gweithrediaeth arweinydd a chabinet”) means a leader and cabinet executive (Wales) within the meaning of section 11(3) of the 2000 Act;

  • “local government election” (“etholiad llywodraeth leol”) means the election of councillors for any electoral ward or community ward in Wales or, in the case of a community in Wales in which there are no wards, the community, for which the election of councillors is held under the 1972 Act;

  • “local people” (“pobl leol”), in relation to a principal council, means people who live, work or study in the council’s area;

  • “mayor and cabinet executive” (“gweithrediaeth maer a chabinet”) has the same meaning as in section 11(2) of the 2000 Act;

  • “member” (“aelod”)—

    (a)

    in relation to a principal council, means a councillor of the council (which includes a councillor elected as chair or presiding member, or appointed as vice-chair or deputy presiding member), and

    (b)

    in relation to a principal council which is operating a mayor and cabinet executive, includes the elected mayor of the council;

  • “primary legislation”(“deddfwriaeth sylfaenol”) means—

    (a)

    a Measure passed under Part 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32);

    (b)

    an Act passed under Part 4 of that Act;

    (c)

    an Act of Parliament;

  • “principal council” (“prif gyngor”) means—

    (a)

    the council for a county in Wales;

    (b)

    the council for a county borough (in Wales).

(2)Where this Act imposes a duty to publish a notice or other document, the notice or other document must be published—

(a)electronically, and

(b)in such other manner as the person subject to the duty considers appropriate,

and the duty to publish the notice or other document electronically is, where the person has its own website, a duty to publish on that website.

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