Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013

[F1 69C Relevant authorities, members etc. E+W

(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

(2) An authority is a relevant authority if it is—

(a) a local authority;

(b) a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

(c) a Welsh fire and rescue authority, that is an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(d) a corporate joint committee;

(e) a body specified as a relevant authority in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) A reference to a description of a relevant authority is to be read with subsection (2).

(4) “Member”, in relation to a relevant authority, includes—

(a) an elected mayor of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000),

(b) an elected executive member of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(4) of that Act),

(c) a co-opted member of the authority, and

(d) a person who is a member of a sub-committee of a corporate joint committee and is entitled to vote on any question to be decided by that sub-committee.

(5) “Co-opted member”, in relation to a relevant authority other than a corporate joint committee, means a person who is not a member of the authority (except by virtue of subsection (4)) but—

(a) is a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority or is a member of, and represents the authority on, a joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority, and

(b) is entitled to vote on questions for decision at meetings of that committee or sub-committee.

(6) A body may only be specified as a relevant authority in regulations under subsection (2)(e) if—

(a) the Welsh Ministers exercise functions in respect of it,

(b) it exercises a function conferred by a Measure or Act of Senedd Cymru, or a function that could be conferred by an Act of Senedd Cymru (including a function that could be conferred only with the consent of a Minister of the Crown), and

(c) its membership includes at least one member of an authority described in subsection (2)(a) to (d).

(7) Sections 69A(4), 69B, 69E(4)(d) and 69O do not apply in relation to a relevant authority described in subsection (2)(d) or (e).

(8) In this section “corporate joint committee” means a committee established by regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5A inserted (1.4.2025) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 57(2), 72(4); S.I. 2024/1337, art. 3(c)