PART 4

LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Overview of Part

Overview
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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;
b
about the remuneration of chief executives;
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.