Part XI General Provisions as to Local Authorities
Documents and notices, etc.
C1C2C5C8C11C6C7C9C12C10232 Public notices.
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Save as otherwise expressly provided, a public notice required to be given by a local authority shall be given—
a
by posting the notice in some conspicuous place or places within the area of the local authority; F5...
b
in such other manner, if any, as appears to the local authority to be desirable for giving publicity to the notice.
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c
where the local authority is a local authority in Wales, by publishing it electronically.
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In subsection (1) above “local authority” includes F14a corporate joint committee, a joint authority, F3an economic prosperity board, a combined authorityF9... F7, F4a combined county authority,F8a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, a police and crime commissioner and the Mayor's Office for Policing and CrimeF13... F2....
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In the application of subsection (1) to a corporate joint committee, the reference to the corporate joint committee’s area is to be read as a reference to the area specified as the corporate joint committee’s area in regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 establishing the corporate joint committee.
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This section shall apply to a public notice required to be given by the chairman of a parish meeting as it applies to public notices required to be given by a parish council.
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The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make further or different provision about the manner of giving a public notice required to be given by a local authority in Wales.
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Regulations under subsection (3) may also make provision about the manner of giving a public notice required to be given by—
a
a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;
b
a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies, for an area in Wales.
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Regulations under subsection (3) may—
a
make different provision for different purposes;
b
include supplementary, incidental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision (including provision amending, modifying, repealing or revoking any enactment (including this Act and the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021)).
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A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (3) must not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of Senedd Cymru.