Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

119 Notice requirements in connection with youth representative appointments

(1) A community council must not appoint an individual as a community youth representative under section 118 unless the council has complied with the requirements of this section.

(2) The council must give public notice of its intention to make a community youth representative appointment.

(3) In its application to the giving of a notice under this section, section 232 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall have effect subject to the modifications contained in subsections (4) and (5).

(4) The first modification is that subsection (1)(b) of section 232 is substituted by the following—

“(b) by giving the notice to the head teacher and proprietor of any school any part of whose premises is situated within the area of the community or communities for which the community council is established;

(c) by giving the notice to the principal and governing body of any institution within the further or higher education sector any part of whose premises is situated within the area of the community or communities for which the community council is established; and

(d) in such other manner, if any, as appears to the community council to be desirable for ensuring that as many individuals as possible who may be eligible for appointment as community youth representatives are aware that the council intends to appoint such a representative.”.

(5) The second modification is that the following is inserted at the end of section 232—

“(3) Where a term used in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) is defined by the Education Act 1996, that definition shall apply for the purposes of those paragraphs.

(4) The reference in subsection (1)(c) to the principal or governing body of an institution includes a reference to a person with functions that are similar to those of a principal or governing body.”.

(6) The public notice must contain—

(a) contact details of an individual from whom further information about the appointment, and the process of selecting a person for appointment, may be obtained;

(b) such other information as the community council considers appropriate; and

(c) such other information as is required to be included in the notice by any regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.