Part V

General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local Authorities

Qualifications and disqualifications

Paid office or employment to which disqualification applies
80C
1
For the purposes of section 80B “a relevant paid office or employment” is a paid office or employment appointment or election to which is or may be made or confirmed by—
a
the local authority to which the person was elected a member;
b
a committee or sub-committee of the local authority;
c
a joint committee or National Park authority on which the local authority is represented; ...
ca
a corporate joint committee established in relation to the area of the local authority; or
d
a holder of a paid office or employment of the kind described in paragraphs (a), (b)
,(c) or (ca)
.
2
But a relevant paid office or employment in subsection (1) does not include the office of—
a
chairman, vice-chairman, presiding member or deputy presiding member, or
b
in the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements which involve a leader and cabinet executive, the office of executive leader, member of the executive or assistant to the executive.
3
Subsection (1) has effect in relation to a teacher in a school maintained by a local authority whether or not the appointment to the post was made in accordance with that subsection.
4
Where the holder of a relevant paid office in a local authority in Wales (“local authority A”) is employed under the direction of—
a
a committee or sub-committee of local authority A any member of which is appointed on the nomination of another local authority in Wales (“local authority B”), or
b
a joint board, a National Park authority, or joint committee on which local authority A is represented and any member of which is appointed on the nomination of local authority B,
section 80B applies in respect of the person's membership of local authority B.
5
For the purposes of this section, a local authority is represented on a National Park authority if it is entitled to appoint a member of the local authority as a member of the National Park authority.
Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (12.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/867, reg. 11(6)
Pt. 5 (ss. 79-100) applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
Pt. 5 applied (28.3.2008) by The Bedfordshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/907), art. 20(6)
Pt. 5 applied (5.3.2008) by The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/634), art. 9(8)
Pt. 5 applied (14.2.2020) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/156), arts. 1, 17(1)
Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 21(1)
Pt. 5 applied (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 18(1)
Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/640), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Pt. 5 applied (25.5.2018) by The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/639), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/648), arts. 1, 36(1)
Pt. 5 applied (26.5.2018) by The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/649), arts. 1, 17(1) Table
Ss. 80A-80C inserted (17.11.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 20, 175(7); S.I. 2021/1249, art. 2(a) (with art. 4)
Pt. 5 applied (23.5.2019) by The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/957), arts. 1, 15(1)
Words in s. 80C(1)(d) substituted (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 50(c)
Word in s. 80C(1)(c) omitted (25.3.2022) by virtue of The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 50(a)
S. 80C(1)(ca) inserted (25.3.2022) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/372), regs. 1(2), 50(b)