PART 3

PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

Principal councils' duty to encourage participation in local government

Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils
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1
A principal council must encourage local people to participate in the making of decisions by the council (including the making of decisions in partnership or in conjunction with any other person).
2
In subsection (1), a reference to the making of decisions includes a reference to the making of decisions by a person in relation to the exercise of a function delegated to that person by a principal council.
3
This section applies to a corporate joint committee as it applies to a principal council and references in subsections (1) and (2) to a principal council are to be construed accordingly.
S. 39 in force at 5.5.2022 by S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(d)
S. 39(3) inserted (6.5.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(3)(d), 32