PART 4 E+WLOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Overview of PartE+W

53OverviewE+W

This Part makes provision—

(a)requiring a principal council to appoint a chief executive (rather than designate a head of paid service), whose functions will include duties imposed under this Part;

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(c)for the appointment of assistants to executives of principal councils;

(d)about job-sharing of certain offices in principal councils;

(e)for issuing guidance, including to elected mayors and executive leaders, on equality and diversity;

(f)about the entitlement of members of local authorities to various kinds of family absence;

(g)requiring leaders of political groups to take steps to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members of their groups, and to co-operate with standards committees;

(h)requiring standards committees to produce annual reports on the exercise of their functions;

(i)amending the 2000 Act and other Acts to make provision about investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales into the conduct of members of local government;

(j)about the provision of certain information to overview and scrutiny committees;

(k)enabling the Welsh Ministers to require local authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees;

(l)requiring community councils to make training plans.

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