PART 4

LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Executives of principal councils

Appointment of assistants to executive
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1
Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act (executive arrangements in Wales: further provision) is amended as follows.
2
Before paragraph 4 insert—

Assistants to the executive
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1
Executive arrangements by a local authority may make provision for councillors of the authority to be appointed to assist the executive in discharging functions which are the responsibility of the executive.
2
Such a councillor is referred to in this Schedule as an assistant to the executive of the authority.
3
Assistants to the executive of an authority are to be appointed—
a
in the case of an authority operating a mayor and cabinet executive, by the elected mayor;
b
in the case of an authority operating a leader and cabinet executive (Wales), by the executive leader or the authority.
4
Executive arrangements which make provision for the appointment of assistants to an executive may include provision about—
a
the number of assistants that may be appointed,
b
their term of office, and
c
their responsibilities.
5
The assistants to the executive of a local authority may not include—
a
the chairman and vice-chairman of the authority;
b
the presiding member and deputy presiding member of the authority (if the authority has a presiding member).
6
An assistant to the executive of an authority is not a member of the executive of the authority.
7
Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to a local authority’s function of making appointments under sub-paragraph (3)(b).
3
In paragraph 5—
a
at the beginning insert—
1
An assistant to the executive of a local authority is entitled to attend, and speak at, any meeting of the executive or of a committee of the executive.
2
;
b
for “not a member of the authority’s executive” substitute “neither a member of the authority’s executive nor an assistant to the executive”.
4
Schedule 6 to this Act makes consequential amendments.