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PART 7COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY COUNCILS

CHAPTER 9SCHEMES FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF QUALITY IN COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT

135Accreditation of quality in community government: criteria

(1)If the Welsh Ministers make regulations under section 134(1), the regulations must set criteria to be met on an application for accreditation of quality in community government.

(2)The criteria that may be set include (but are not limited to) criteria about the following matters—

(a)the percentage of the members of the council who hold office by virtue of having been elected as described in section 35(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (election of community councillors);

(b)qualifications of and training for officers of the council;

(c)training for members of the council and community youth representatives;

(d)the frequency with which meetings of the council are held and the publicity given to meetings (both before and after they are held);

(e)involving persons in the work of the community council;

(f)encouraging persons to improve the well-being of the community or communities for which the council is established;

(g)annual reports;

(h)accounts.