Section 69O – Withholding payments
155.Section 69O requires a relevant authority to withhold payments to a person who has been:
suspended from being a member (or partially suspended) by virtue of Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2000 or
prevented from acting as a member of a local authority in Wales under section 80A(6) of the Local Government Act 1972.
156.The section also enables the Welsh Ministers to issue directions to relevant authorities (following consultation with the Commission) to withhold payments in respect of the relevant matters specified in the direction or to not make a resettlement payment.
157.This section also enables relevant authorities to require a person to make repayments in certain circumstances and enables local authorities to recover payments in certain circumstances.
